Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Tuesday, May 7 11:56 PM
  • Full Moon Wednesday, May 15 8:56 PM Flower Moon
  • Last Quarter Wednesday, May 22 6:28 PM
  • New Moon Wednesday, May 29 6:59 PM

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 32% lit, 3 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Partial lunar eclipse Wednesday, May 15, 8:42 PM visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: May 1–2, May 23–31.

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 2041 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:10 AM
Set: 10:09 PM
Dark night
2 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:46 AM
Set: 11:18 PM
Dark night
3 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:28 AM
Set: –
4 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:17 AM
Set: 12:21 AM
5 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:13 AM
Set: 1:16 AM
6 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:12 AM
Set: 2:02 AM
7 Tuesday
First Quarter
11:56 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:14 PM
Set: 2:40 AM
8 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:15 PM
Set: 3:11 AM
9 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 64% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:17 PM
Set: 3:38 AM
10 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:17 PM
Set: 4:01 AM
11 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:17 PM
Set: 4:23 AM
12 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:19 PM
Set: 4:44 AM
13 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:23 PM
Set: 5:06 AM
14 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:29 PM
Set: 5:29 AM
15 Wednesday
Full Moon
8:56 PM
Flower Moon
Partial lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:39 PM
Set: 5:56 AM
16 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:50 PM
Set: 6:29 AM
17 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 11:01 PM
Set: 7:10 AM
18 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:00 AM
19 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 12:06 AM
Set: 9:01 AM
20 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 1:02 AM
Set: 10:11 AM
21 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:48 AM
Set: 11:26 AM
22 Wednesday
Last Quarter
6:28 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:26 AM
Set: 12:41 PM
23 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 42% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:57 AM
Set: 1:55 PM
Dark night
24 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 31% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:24 AM
Set: 3:07 PM
Dark night
25 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 21% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:49 AM
Set: 4:18 PM
Dark night
26 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:14 AM
Set: 5:29 PM
Dark night
27 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:40 AM
Set: 6:39 PM
Dark night
28 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:08 AM
Set: 7:50 PM
Dark night
29 Wednesday
New Moon
6:59 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:42 AM
Set: 9:00 PM
Dark night
30 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:21 AM
Set: 10:06 PM
Dark night
31 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:07 AM
Set: 11:05 PM
Dark night
1 Saturday