Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Sunday, May 7 11:58 AM
  • New Moon Sunday, May 14 12:56 PM
  • First Quarter Monday, May 22 12:19 PM
  • Full Moon Tuesday, May 30 12:39 AM Flower Moon

Also in May

  • Eta Aquariids meteor shower peak on the night of May 5–6 up to 50 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 72% lit, 3 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Shavuot Sunday, May 21 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Eid al-Adha Thursday, May 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: May 8–17.

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 1961 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 Sunday
1 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:32 PM
Set: 7:25 AM
2 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:37 PM
Set: 8:06 AM
3 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:39 PM
Set: 8:54 AM
4 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:48 AM
5 Friday
Waning gibbous
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:38 AM
Set: 10:48 AM
6 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 61% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:32 AM
Set: 11:52 AM
7 Sunday
Last Quarter
11:58 AM
Visible: 50% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:20 AM
Set: 12:58 PM
8 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:02 AM
Set: 2:06 PM
Dark night
9 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:41 AM
Set: 3:14 PM
Dark night
10 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:17 AM
Set: 4:21 PM
Dark night
11 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:51 AM
Set: 5:27 PM
Dark night
12 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:25 AM
Set: 6:33 PM
Dark night
13 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:00 AM
Set: 7:37 PM
Dark night
14 Sunday
New Moon
12:56 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:36 AM
Set: 8:40 PM
Dark night
15 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:16 AM
Set: 9:39 PM
Dark night
16 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:58 AM
Set: 10:36 PM
Dark night
17 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:44 AM
Set: 11:27 PM
Dark night
18 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:34 AM
Set: –
19 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:26 AM
Set: 12:14 AM
20 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:19 AM
Set: 12:56 AM
21 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Shavuot
Visible: 40% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:14 PM
Set: 1:34 AM
22 Monday
First Quarter
12:19 PM
Visible: 50% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:10 PM
Set: 2:09 AM
23 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 59% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:07 PM
Set: 2:40 AM
24 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 69% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:05 PM
Set: 3:11 AM
25 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:04 PM
Set: 3:41 AM
26 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:05 PM
Set: 4:12 AM
27 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:09 PM
Set: 4:44 AM
28 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:14 PM
Set: 5:19 AM
29 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:21 PM
Set: 5:59 AM
30 Tuesday
Full Moon
12:39 AM
Flower Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:27 PM
Set: 6:45 AM
31 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:30 PM
Set: 7:37 AM
1 Thursday
2 Friday
3 Saturday