Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Friday, April 6 7:49 PM
  • New Moon Friday, April 13 6:59 PM
  • First Quarter Saturday, April 21 4:21 PM
  • Full Moon Sunday, April 29 8:47 AM Pink Moon

Also in April

  • Easter Monday, April 1 Christian; the Sunday after the first Full Moon of spring (by the Church's tables)
  • Islamic New Year 1353 AH Sunday, April 15 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Lyrids meteor shower peak on the night of April 21–22 up to 18 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 53% lit, 2 of 7 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: April 7–15.

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).

March April 1934 May
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Easter
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:12 PM
Set: 6:41 AM
2 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:25 PM
Set: 7:13 AM
3 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:37 PM
Set: 7:52 AM
4 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:40 AM
5 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:45 AM
Set: 9:39 AM
6 Friday
Last Quarter
7:49 PM
Visible: 54% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:44 AM
Set: 10:48 AM
7 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 42% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:32 AM
Set: 12:01 PM
Dark night
8 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 31% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:11 AM
Set: 1:17 PM
Dark night
9 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 21% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:44 AM
Set: 2:31 PM
Dark night
10 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:11 AM
Set: 3:43 PM
Dark night
11 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:37 AM
Set: 4:53 PM
Dark night
12 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:01 AM
Set: 6:02 PM
Dark night
13 Friday
New Moon
6:59 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:26 AM
Set: 7:11 PM
Dark night
14 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 5:53 AM
Set: 8:20 PM
Dark night
15 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1353 AH
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 6:23 AM
Set: 9:28 PM
Dark night
16 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 6:58 AM
Set: 10:33 PM
17 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 7:40 AM
Set: 11:32 PM
18 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 8:28 AM
Set: –
19 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 30% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:22 AM
Set: 12:24 AM
20 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 39% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:21 AM
Set: 1:09 AM
21 Saturday
First Quarter
4:21 PM
Lyrids meteor shower
Visible: 48% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:22 AM
Set: 1:46 AM
22 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 58% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:24 PM
Set: 2:17 AM
23 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:25 PM
Set: 2:44 AM
24 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:28 PM
Set: 3:07 AM
25 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:30 PM
Set: 3:30 AM
26 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:35 PM
Set: 3:52 AM
27 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:42 PM
Set: 4:15 AM
28 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:53 PM
Set: 4:41 AM
29 Sunday
Full Moon
8:47 AM
Pink Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 9:07 PM
Set: 6:11 AM
30 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 10:22 PM
Set: 6:48 AM
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday