Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Monday, May 3 2:37 PM
  • New Moon Monday, May 10 9:18 AM
  • First Quarter Monday, May 17 2:49 AM
  • Full Moon Tuesday, May 25 3:38 AM Flower MoonMicromoon

Also in May

  • Eta Aquariids meteor shower peak on the night of May 4–5 up to 50 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 32% lit, 5 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Shavuot Sunday, May 16 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse Tuesday, May 25, 3:51 AM visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: May 5–12.

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 1937 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: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:59 AM
Set: 10:53 AM
2 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 61% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:37 AM
Set: 11:53 AM
3 Monday
Last Quarter
2:37 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:11 AM
Set: 12:55 PM
4 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 41% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:43 AM
Set: 1:59 PM
5 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:13 AM
Set: 3:05 PM
Dark night
6 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 21% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:43 AM
Set: 4:13 PM
Dark night
7 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:14 AM
Set: 5:25 PM
Dark night
8 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:47 AM
Set: 6:39 PM
Dark night
9 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:26 AM
Set: 7:55 PM
Dark night
10 Monday
New Moon
9:18 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:10 AM
Set: 9:10 PM
Dark night
11 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:03 AM
Set: 10:20 PM
Dark night
12 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:04 AM
Set: 11:22 PM
Dark night
13 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:11 AM
Set: –
14 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:20 AM
Set: 12:15 AM
15 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 33% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:29 AM
Set: 12:58 AM
16 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Shavuot
Visible: 44% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:36 PM
Set: 1:35 AM
17 Monday
First Quarter
2:49 AM
Visible: 54% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:40 PM
Set: 2:06 AM
18 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 64% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:42 PM
Set: 2:34 AM
19 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:42 PM
Set: 3:01 AM
20 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:41 PM
Set: 3:27 AM
21 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:40 PM
Set: 3:54 AM
22 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:38 PM
Set: 4:24 AM
23 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:36 PM
Set: 4:56 AM
24 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:32 PM
Set: 5:32 AM
25 Tuesday
Full Moon
3:38 AM
Flower Moon
Micromoon
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:25 PM
Set: 6:13 AM
26 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 10:14 PM
Set: 7:00 AM
27 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:58 PM
Set: 7:51 AM
28 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:37 PM
Set: 8:47 AM
29 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:46 AM
30 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:13 AM
Set: 10:47 AM
31 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:44 AM
Set: 11:49 AM
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday