Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Wednesday, July 1 10:22 PM Buck Moon
  • Last Quarter Wednesday, July 8 4:26 PM
  • New Moon Wednesday, July 15 9:26 PM
  • First Quarter Friday, July 24 12:05 AM
  • Full Moon Friday, July 31 6:46 AM Buck MoonBlue MoonSupermoon

Also in July

  • Eid al-Fitr Friday, July 17 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: July 11–21.

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).

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Full Moon
10:22 PM
Buck Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:35 PM
Set: 5:51 AM
2 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:26 PM
Set: 6:51 AM
3 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:13 PM
Set: 7:55 AM
4 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:55 PM
Set: 9:03 AM
5 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:34 PM
Set: 10:12 AM
6 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 11:21 AM
7 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:11 AM
Set: 12:30 PM
8 Wednesday
Last Quarter
4:26 PM
Visible: 52% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:47 AM
Set: 1:38 PM
9 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 41% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:24 AM
Set: 2:45 PM
10 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:02 AM
Set: 3:51 PM
11 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:42 AM
Set: 4:55 PM
Dark night
12 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:27 AM
Set: 5:56 PM
Dark night
13 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:15 AM
Set: 6:53 PM
Dark night
14 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:07 AM
Set: 7:45 PM
Dark night
15 Wednesday
New Moon
9:26 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:02 AM
Set: 8:31 PM
Dark night
16 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:59 AM
Set: 9:12 PM
Dark night
17 Friday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:56 AM
Set: 9:49 PM
Dark night
18 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:54 AM
Set: 10:22 PM
Dark night
19 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:50 AM
Set: 10:53 PM
Dark night
20 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:46 AM
Set: 11:22 PM
Dark night
21 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:42 AM
Set: 11:52 PM
Dark night
22 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:38 PM
Set: –
23 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:34 PM
Set: 12:21 AM
24 Friday
First Quarter
12:05 AM
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:30 PM
Set: 12:53 AM
25 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:28 PM
Set: 1:27 AM
26 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 74% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:26 PM
Set: 2:05 AM
27 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:24 PM
Set: 2:48 AM
28 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:21 PM
Set: 3:38 AM
29 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 7:14 PM
Set: 4:34 AM
30 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 8:04 PM
Set: 5:37 AM
31 Friday
Full Moon
6:46 AM
Buck Moon
Blue Moon
Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:50 PM
Set: 6:44 AM
1 Saturday