Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Thursday, May 6 12:22 AM
  • New Moon Thursday, May 13 10:31 PM
  • First Quarter Friday, May 21 11:49 PM
  • Full Moon Friday, May 28 4:32 PM Flower MoonSupermoon

Also in May

  • Eta Aquariids meteor shower peak on the night of May 5–6 up to 50 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 53% lit, 5 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Shavuot Wednesday, May 19 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: May 7–16.

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).

April May 1915 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
25 Sunday
26 Monday
27 Tuesday
28 Wednesday
29 Thursday
30 Friday
1 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:42 PM
Set: 6:37 AM
2 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:47 PM
Set: 7:36 AM
3 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 77% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:45 AM
4 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 67% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:39 AM
Set: 9:58 AM
5 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 56% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:19 AM
Set: 11:11 AM
6 Thursday
Last Quarter
12:22 AM
Visible: 45% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:52 AM
Set: 12:22 PM
7 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 35% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:18 AM
Set: 1:28 PM
Dark night
8 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 25% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:41 AM
Set: 2:32 PM
Dark night
9 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:03 AM
Set: 3:33 PM
Dark night
10 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:24 AM
Set: 4:34 PM
Dark night
11 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 3:45 AM
Set: 5:36 PM
Dark night
12 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 4:09 AM
Set: 6:37 PM
Dark night
13 Thursday
New Moon
10:31 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 4:36 AM
Set: 7:39 PM
Dark night
14 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 5:08 AM
Set: 8:40 PM
Dark night
15 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 5:46 AM
Set: 9:38 PM
Dark night
16 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 6:32 AM
Set: 10:30 PM
Dark night
17 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 7:24 AM
Set: 11:16 PM
18 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 8:23 AM
Set: 11:55 PM
19 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Shavuot
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:26 AM
Set: –
20 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 35% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:30 AM
Set: 12:28 AM
21 Friday
First Quarter
11:49 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:36 AM
Set: 12:56 AM
22 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:43 PM
Set: 1:22 AM
23 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 66% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:51 PM
Set: 1:46 AM
24 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:01 PM
Set: 2:10 AM
25 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:16 PM
Set: 2:35 AM
26 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:34 PM
Set: 3:04 AM
27 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:55 PM
Set: 3:38 AM
28 Friday
Full Moon
4:32 PM
Flower Moon
Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:15 PM
Set: 4:22 AM
29 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:27 PM
Set: 5:17 AM
30 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:27 PM
Set: 6:23 AM
31 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:14 PM
Set: 7:37 AM
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday