Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Monday, August 5 4:39 PM Sturgeon Moon
  • Last Quarter Tuesday, August 13 1:37 PM
  • New Moon Wednesday, August 21 5:16 AM
  • First Quarter Tuesday, August 27 10:51 PM

Also in August

  • Perseids meteor shower peak on the night of August 12–13 up to 100 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 53% lit, 1 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: August 18–26.

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 2047 September
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
31 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:36 PM
Set: 1:50 AM
2 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:32 PM
Set: 2:50 AM
3 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 7:20 PM
Set: 3:56 AM
4 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:58 PM
Set: 5:06 AM
5 Monday
Full Moon
4:39 PM
Sturgeon Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:31 PM
Set: 6:16 AM
6 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:59 PM
Set: 7:24 AM
7 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:24 PM
Set: 8:29 AM
8 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:48 PM
Set: 9:32 AM
9 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 85% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:11 PM
Set: 10:34 AM
10 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:36 PM
Set: 11:34 AM
11 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 69% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:03 PM
Set: 12:34 PM
12 Monday
Waning gibbous
Perseids meteor shower
Visible: 60% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:34 PM
Set: 1:34 PM
13 Tuesday
Last Quarter
1:37 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:34 PM
14 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 41% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:10 AM
Set: 3:32 PM
15 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 32% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:52 AM
Set: 4:27 PM
16 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:41 AM
Set: 5:18 PM
17 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:38 AM
Set: 6:03 PM
18 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:40 AM
Set: 6:42 PM
Dark night
19 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:47 AM
Set: 7:17 PM
Dark night
20 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:56 AM
Set: 7:48 PM
Dark night
21 Wednesday
New Moon
5:16 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:07 AM
Set: 8:17 PM
Dark night
22 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:18 AM
Set: 8:45 PM
Dark night
23 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:29 AM
Set: 9:13 PM
Dark night
24 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:42 AM
Set: 9:44 PM
Dark night
25 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:56 AM
Set: 10:19 PM
Dark night
26 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 34% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:10 PM
Set: 10:59 PM
Dark night
27 Tuesday
First Quarter
10:51 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 2:22 PM
Set: 11:48 PM
28 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 3:29 PM
Set: –
29 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:27 PM
Set: 12:44 AM
30 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:17 PM
Set: 1:47 AM
31 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:57 PM
Set: 2:55 AM