The Moon Today
Tonight is a dark night for stargazing: no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness.
Dates and Times of the Phases
- Full Moon Sunday, July 7 6:34 AM Buck Moon
- Last Quarter Sunday, July 14 8:11 PM
- New Moon Monday, July 22 6:49 PM
- First Quarter Monday, July 29 6:04 PM
Also in July
- Total lunar eclipse Sunday, July 7, 6:34 AM partly visible from Columbus
- Partial solar eclipse Monday, July 22, 6:35 PM not visible from Columbus
- Eid al-Fitr Wednesday, July 24 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 19–28.
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).
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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30 Sunday
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1 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 61% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:03 PM
Set: 1:06 AM
|
2 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 72% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:18 PM
Set: 1:39 AM
|
3 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:32 PM
Set: 2:17 AM
|
4 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:43 PM
Set: 3:03 AM
|
5 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 7:47 PM
Set: 3:59 AM
|
6 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 8:41 PM
Set: 5:03 AM
|
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7 Sunday
Full Moon
6:34 AM
Buck Moon
Total lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:25 PM
Set: 6:13 AM
|
8 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:01 PM
Set: 7:25 AM
|
9 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:31 PM
Set: 8:35 AM
|
10 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:58 PM
Set: 9:42 AM
|
11 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:22 PM
Set: 10:46 AM
|
12 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:45 PM
Set: 11:47 AM
|
13 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 12:47 PM
|
|
14 Sunday
Last Quarter
8:11 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:09 AM
Set: 1:47 PM
|
15 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:34 AM
Set: 2:47 PM
|
16 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 35% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:03 AM
Set: 3:47 PM
|
17 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:35 AM
Set: 4:46 PM
|
18 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:14 AM
Set: 5:44 PM
|
19 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 2:59 AM
Set: 6:38 PM
Dark night
|
20 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 3:52 AM
Set: 7:26 PM
Dark night
|
|
21 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 4:52 AM
Set: 8:09 PM
Dark night
|
22 Monday
New Moon
6:49 PM
Partial solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:57 AM
Set: 8:46 PM
Dark night
|
23 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:05 AM
Set: 9:18 PM
Dark night
|
24 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:14 AM
Set: 9:48 PM
Dark night
|
25 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:23 AM
Set: 10:15 PM
Dark night
|
26 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:32 AM
Set: 10:42 PM
Dark night
|
27 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:43 AM
Set: 11:10 PM
Dark night
|
|
28 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:54 PM
Set: 11:41 PM
Dark night
|
29 Monday
First Quarter
6:04 PM
Visible: 47% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:07 PM
Set: –
|
30 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 59% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:20 PM
Set: 12:17 AM
|
31 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:31 PM
Set: 12:59 AM
|
1 Thursday
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2 Friday
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3 Saturday
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