The Moon Today
Tonight is a dark night for stargazing: no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness.
Dates and Times of the Phases
- Last Quarter Sunday, July 4 12:53 AM
- New Moon Monday, July 12 4:29 AM
- First Quarter Monday, July 19 4:08 PM
- Full Moon Monday, July 26 7:09 AM Buck MoonSupermoon
Also in July
- Ramadan begins Tuesday, July 13 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
- Penumbral lunar eclipse Monday, July 26, 7:24 AM not visible from Columbus
Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: July 8–17.
Times are in Columbus time (America/New York), and moonrise and moonset are for Columbus. Each day's Moon is turned as it is in the sky of Columbus when it is highest that night (near the New Moon, that day).
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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27 Sunday
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28 Monday
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29 Tuesday
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30 Wednesday
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1 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:10 PM
Set: 10:08 AM
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2 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:32 PM
Set: 11:14 AM
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3 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:54 PM
Set: 12:18 PM
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4 Sunday
Last Quarter
12:53 AM
Visible: 45% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 1:20 PM
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5 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 36% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:16 AM
Set: 2:22 PM
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6 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 12:42 AM
Set: 3:24 PM
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7 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 19% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 1:11 AM
Set: 4:25 PM
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8 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 1:45 AM
Set: 5:25 PM
Dark night
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9 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 2:26 AM
Set: 6:21 PM
Dark night
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10 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 3:14 AM
Set: 7:11 PM
Dark night
|
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11 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 4:10 AM
Set: 7:55 PM
Dark night
|
12 Monday
New Moon
4:29 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 5:11 AM
Set: 8:32 PM
Dark night
|
13 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Ramadan begins
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 6:15 AM
Set: 9:03 PM
Dark night
|
14 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:21 AM
Set: 9:30 PM
Dark night
|
15 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:27 AM
Set: 9:54 PM
Dark night
|
16 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:32 AM
Set: 10:17 PM
Dark night
|
17 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:39 AM
Set: 10:40 PM
Dark night
|
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18 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 37% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:47 AM
Set: 11:05 PM
|
19 Monday
First Quarter
4:08 PM
Visible: 48% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:57 PM
Set: 11:33 PM
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20 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 59% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:11 PM
Set: –
|
21 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:27 PM
Set: 12:06 AM
|
22 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:43 PM
Set: 12:49 AM
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23 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:52 PM
Set: 1:42 AM
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24 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:50 PM
Set: 2:47 AM
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25 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:37 PM
Set: 4:01 AM
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26 Monday
Full Moon
7:09 AM
Buck Moon Supermoon
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:14 PM
Set: 5:18 AM
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27 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:44 PM
Set: 6:34 AM
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28 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:10 PM
Set: 7:47 AM
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29 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:34 PM
Set: 8:56 AM
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30 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 9:56 PM
Set: 10:02 AM
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31 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 71% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:19 PM
Set: 11:07 AM
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