Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Monday, August 4 9:39 PM
  • New Moon Wednesday, August 13 1:16 AM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, August 20 4:03 PM
  • Full Moon Wednesday, August 27 6:32 AM Sturgeon MoonSupermoon

Also in August

  • 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
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse Wednesday, August 27, 6:47 AM visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: August 9–19, August 30.

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 1969 September
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
31 Thursday
1 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:55 PM
Set: 10:37 AM
2 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:18 PM
Set: 11:46 AM
3 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:42 PM
Set: 12:54 PM
4 Monday
Last Quarter
9:39 PM
Visible: 54% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:01 PM
5 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:08 AM
Set: 3:07 PM
6 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 35% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:39 AM
Set: 4:11 PM
7 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:15 AM
Set: 5:12 PM
8 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 1:59 AM
Set: 6:07 PM
9 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 2:50 AM
Set: 6:55 PM
Dark night
10 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 3:47 AM
Set: 7:35 PM
Dark night
11 Monday
Waning crescent
Perseids meteor shower
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 4:48 AM
Set: 8:08 PM
Dark night
12 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:51 AM
Set: 8:35 PM
Dark night
13 Wednesday
New Moon
1:16 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:55 AM
Set: 8:59 PM
Dark night
14 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:58 AM
Set: 9:21 PM
Dark night
15 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:00 AM
Set: 9:41 PM
Dark night
16 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:03 AM
Set: 10:02 PM
Dark night
17 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:08 AM
Set: 10:24 PM
Dark night
18 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:15 PM
Set: 10:49 PM
Dark night
19 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 37% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:25 PM
Set: 11:18 PM
Dark night
20 Wednesday
First Quarter
4:03 PM
Visible: 48% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:38 PM
Set: 11:56 PM
21 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 59% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:52 PM
Set: –
22 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 5:02 PM
Set: 12:44 AM
23 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 6:03 PM
Set: 1:45 AM
24 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:53 PM
Set: 2:58 AM
25 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 7:32 PM
Set: 4:17 AM
26 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 8:04 PM
Set: 5:38 AM
27 Wednesday
Full Moon
6:32 AM
Sturgeon Moon
Supermoon
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:31 PM
Set: 6:57 AM
28 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:55 PM
Set: 8:12 AM
29 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:18 PM
Set: 9:25 AM
30 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:42 PM
Set: 10:35 AM
Dark night
31 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 79% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:08 PM
Set: 11:44 AM
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
4 Thursday
5 Friday
6 Saturday