Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Sunday, April 8 3:21 AM
  • New Moon Sunday, April 15 10:00 PM
  • First Quarter Sunday, April 22 5:47 PM
  • Full Moon Sunday, April 29 8:59 PM Pink Moon

Also in April

  • Easter Monday, April 1 Christian; the Sunday after the first Full Moon of spring (by the Church's tables)
  • Lyrids meteor shower peak on the night of April 22–23 up to 18 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 49% lit, 2 of 7 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: April 9–18.

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).

March April 2018 May
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Easter
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:19 PM
Set: 8:12 AM
2 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:22 PM
Set: 8:44 AM
3 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:23 PM
Set: 9:18 AM
4 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:54 AM
5 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:21 AM
Set: 10:33 AM
6 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:17 AM
Set: 11:16 AM
7 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 56% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:08 AM
Set: 12:02 PM
8 Sunday
Last Quarter
3:21 AM
Visible: 47% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:56 AM
Set: 12:52 PM
9 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:39 AM
Set: 1:46 PM
Dark night
10 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:18 AM
Set: 2:42 PM
Dark night
11 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:54 AM
Set: 3:40 PM
Dark night
12 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:27 AM
Set: 4:41 PM
Dark night
13 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:59 AM
Set: 5:42 PM
Dark night
14 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:30 AM
Set: 6:46 PM
Dark night
15 Sunday
New Moon
10:00 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:01 AM
Set: 7:51 PM
Dark night
16 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:34 AM
Set: 8:59 PM
Dark night
17 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:10 AM
Set: 10:07 PM
Dark night
18 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:50 AM
Set: 11:16 PM
Dark night
19 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:35 AM
Set: –
20 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:27 AM
Set: 12:22 AM
21 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:25 AM
Set: 1:25 AM
22 Sunday
First Quarter
5:47 PM
Lyrids meteor shower
Visible: 47% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:28 PM
Set: 2:21 AM
23 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 59% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:35 PM
Set: 3:11 AM
24 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 69% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:42 PM
Set: 3:55 AM
25 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 79% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:50 PM
Set: 4:33 AM
26 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:56 PM
Set: 5:08 AM
27 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:01 PM
Set: 5:40 AM
28 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:05 PM
Set: 6:11 AM
29 Sunday
Full Moon
8:59 PM
Pink Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:08 PM
Set: 6:43 AM
30 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:10 PM
Set: 7:15 AM
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday