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 Thursday, June 2 12:02 PM
- Full Moon Thursday, June 9 9:02 AM Strawberry MoonSupermoon
- Last Quarter Thursday, June 16 12:36 AM
- New Moon Thursday, June 23 11:27 PM
Also in June
- Shavuot Wednesday, June 1 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
- Eid al-Adha Sunday, June 5 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
- Islamic New Year 1380 AH Saturday, June 25 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: June 18–28.
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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29 Sunday
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30 Monday
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31 Tuesday
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1 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Shavuot
Visible: 40% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:24 PM
Set: 1:14 AM
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2 Thursday
First Quarter
12:02 PM
Visible: 50% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:23 PM
Set: 1:47 AM
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3 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:24 PM
Set: 2:20 AM
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4 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:27 PM
Set: 2:52 AM
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5 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:33 PM
Set: 3:26 AM
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6 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:41 PM
Set: 4:03 AM
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7 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:51 PM
Set: 4:43 AM
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8 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 8:02 PM
Set: 5:30 AM
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9 Thursday
Full Moon
9:02 AM
Strawberry Moon Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 9:09 PM
Set: 6:23 AM
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10 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:11 PM
Set: 7:23 AM
|
11 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:06 PM
Set: 8:28 AM
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12 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:54 PM
Set: 9:37 AM
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13 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 77% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:46 AM
|
14 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:36 AM
Set: 11:53 AM
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15 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 56% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:13 AM
Set: 12:58 PM
|
16 Thursday
Last Quarter
12:36 AM
Visible: 45% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:47 AM
Set: 2:01 PM
|
17 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 35% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:19 AM
Set: 3:02 PM
|
18 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:51 AM
Set: 4:02 PM
Dark night
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19 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:24 AM
Set: 5:00 PM
Dark night
|
20 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:57 AM
Set: 5:56 PM
Dark night
|
21 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:34 AM
Set: 6:51 PM
Dark night
|
22 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:13 AM
Set: 7:43 PM
Dark night
|
23 Thursday
New Moon
11:27 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:56 AM
Set: 8:33 PM
Dark night
|
24 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:43 AM
Set: 9:19 PM
Dark night
|
25 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1380 AH
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:33 AM
Set: 10:02 PM
Dark night
|
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26 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:26 AM
Set: 10:41 PM
Dark night
|
27 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:20 AM
Set: 11:17 PM
Dark night
|
28 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:17 AM
Set: 11:50 PM
Dark night
|
29 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:14 AM
Set: –
|
30 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 35% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:13 PM
Set: 12:22 AM
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1 Friday
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2 Saturday
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