Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Saturday, April 3 6:11 AM
  • New Moon Friday, April 9 10:42 PM
  • First Quarter Saturday, April 17 11:24 AM
  • Full Moon Sunday, April 25 11:12 AM Pink Moon

Also in April

  • Islamic New Year 1454 AH Sunday, April 11 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Lyrids meteor shower peak on the night of April 21–22 up to 18 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 89% lit, 0 of 7 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Total lunar eclipse Sunday, April 25, 11:13 AM not visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: April 4–12.

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 2032 May
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
31 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 69% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:52 AM
Set: 10:54 AM
2 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 58% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:48 AM
Set: 11:52 AM
3 Saturday
Last Quarter
6:11 AM
Visible: 47% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:40 AM
Set: 12:56 PM
4 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 36% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:26 AM
Set: 2:04 PM
Dark night
5 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 25% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:08 AM
Set: 3:13 PM
Dark night
6 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:47 AM
Set: 4:24 PM
Dark night
7 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:23 AM
Set: 5:35 PM
Dark night
8 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:59 AM
Set: 6:45 PM
Dark night
9 Friday
New Moon
10:42 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:34 AM
Set: 7:55 PM
Dark night
10 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:12 AM
Set: 9:04 PM
Dark night
11 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1454 AH
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:51 AM
Set: 10:09 PM
Dark night
12 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:35 AM
Set: 11:11 PM
Dark night
13 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:21 AM
Set: –
14 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:11 AM
Set: 12:08 AM
15 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:04 AM
Set: 12:59 AM
16 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:58 AM
Set: 1:44 AM
17 Saturday
First Quarter
11:24 AM
Visible: 50% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:54 PM
Set: 2:23 AM
18 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:50 PM
Set: 2:59 AM
19 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 69% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:46 PM
Set: 3:31 AM
20 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:42 PM
Set: 4:01 AM
21 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Lyrids meteor shower
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:40 PM
Set: 4:29 AM
22 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:38 PM
Set: 4:58 AM
23 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:38 PM
Set: 5:28 AM
24 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:39 PM
Set: 5:59 AM
25 Sunday
Full Moon
11:12 AM
Pink Moon
Total lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:42 PM
Set: 6:34 AM
26 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:44 PM
Set: 7:13 AM
27 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:46 PM
Set: 7:58 AM
28 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:44 PM
Set: 8:49 AM
29 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:47 AM
30 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:37 AM
Set: 10:49 AM
1 Saturday