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
- First Quarter Saturday, July 8 6:54 AM
- Full Moon Friday, July 14 11:40 PM Buck MoonSupermoon
- Last Quarter Friday, July 21 6:33 PM
- New Moon Saturday, July 29 9:14 PM
Also in July
- Ramadan begins Saturday, July 1 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
- Partial lunar eclipse Friday, July 14, 11:46 PM visible from Columbus
- Annular solar eclipse Saturday, July 29, 9:06 PM not visible from Columbus
- Eid al-Fitr Monday, July 31 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: July 1–5, July 26–31.
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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25 Sunday
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26 Monday
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27 Tuesday
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28 Wednesday
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29 Thursday
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30 Friday
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1 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Ramadan begins
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 6:02 AM
Set: 9:05 PM
Dark night
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2 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:02 AM
Set: 9:35 PM
Dark night
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3 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:03 AM
Set: 10:00 PM
Dark night
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4 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:04 AM
Set: 10:24 PM
Dark night
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5 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:04 AM
Set: 10:46 PM
Dark night
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6 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 32% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:05 AM
Set: 11:08 PM
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7 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 42% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:08 PM
Set: 11:32 PM
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8 Saturday
First Quarter
6:54 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:13 PM
Set: 11:59 PM
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9 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:22 PM
Set: –
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10 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:35 PM
Set: 12:31 AM
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11 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:48 PM
Set: 1:11 AM
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12 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:58 PM
Set: 2:01 AM
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13 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:00 PM
Set: 3:03 AM
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14 Friday
Full Moon
11:40 PM
Buck Moon Supermoon
Partial lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:52 PM
Set: 4:17 AM
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15 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:34 PM
Set: 5:36 AM
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16 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:09 PM
Set: 6:56 AM
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17 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:38 PM
Set: 8:14 AM
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18 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:05 PM
Set: 9:28 AM
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19 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:30 PM
Set: 10:38 AM
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20 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:56 PM
Set: 11:47 AM
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21 Friday
Last Quarter
6:33 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:25 PM
Set: 12:54 PM
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22 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 43% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 11:56 PM
Set: 1:59 PM
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23 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: –
Set: 3:03 PM
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24 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 24% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 12:32 AM
Set: 4:04 PM
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25 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 1:14 AM
Set: 4:59 PM
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26 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 2:03 AM
Set: 5:49 PM
Dark night
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27 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 2:57 AM
Set: 6:31 PM
Dark night
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28 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 3:55 AM
Set: 7:07 PM
Dark night
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29 Saturday
New Moon
9:14 PM
Annular solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 4:55 AM
Set: 7:38 PM
Dark night
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30 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 5:56 AM
Set: 8:05 PM
Dark night
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31 Monday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 6:57 AM
Set: 8:29 PM
Dark night
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1 Tuesday
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2 Wednesday
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3 Thursday
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4 Friday
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5 Saturday
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