Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Thursday, August 3 7:49 AM
  • New Moon Friday, August 11 6:36 AM
  • First Quarter Saturday, August 19 6:51 AM
  • Full Moon Friday, August 25 11:14 PM Sturgeon MoonSupermoon

Also in August

  • Annular solar eclipse Friday, August 11, 6:46 AM not visible from Columbus
  • Perseids meteor shower peak on the night of August 11–12 up to 100 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 1% lit, 7 of 7 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Partial lunar eclipse Friday, August 25, 11:08 PM visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: August 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).

July August 1961 September
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 Sunday
31 Monday
1 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 12:05 PM
2 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 59% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:06 AM
Set: 1:12 PM
3 Thursday
Last Quarter
7:49 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:41 AM
Set: 2:16 PM
4 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 38% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:16 AM
Set: 3:17 PM
5 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:54 AM
Set: 4:16 PM
6 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:35 AM
Set: 5:11 PM
7 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:20 AM
Set: 6:03 PM
Dark night
8 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:08 AM
Set: 6:50 PM
Dark night
9 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:59 AM
Set: 7:32 PM
Dark night
10 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:52 AM
Set: 8:11 PM
Dark night
11 Friday
New Moon
6:36 AM
Annular solar eclipse
Perseids meteor shower
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:47 AM
Set: 8:45 PM
Dark night
12 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:43 AM
Set: 9:18 PM
Dark night
13 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:39 AM
Set: 9:48 PM
Dark night
14 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:35 AM
Set: 10:17 PM
Dark night
15 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:32 AM
Set: 10:46 PM
Dark night
16 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:30 AM
Set: 11:16 PM
Dark night
17 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 32% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:29 PM
Set: 11:48 PM
18 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 42% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:29 PM
Set: –
19 Saturday
First Quarter
6:51 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:31 PM
Set: 12:23 AM
20 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:34 PM
Set: 1:03 AM
21 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:36 PM
Set: 1:50 AM
22 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:36 PM
Set: 2:44 AM
23 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:32 PM
Set: 3:45 AM
24 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:22 PM
Set: 4:54 AM
25 Friday
Full Moon
11:14 PM
Sturgeon Moon
Supermoon
Partial lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:08 PM
Set: 6:06 AM
26 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:49 PM
Set: 7:20 AM
27 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:27 PM
Set: 8:34 AM
28 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:03 PM
Set: 9:46 AM
29 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:38 PM
Set: 10:55 AM
30 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:15 PM
Set: 12:02 PM
31 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:53 PM
Set: 1:07 PM
1 Friday
2 Saturday