Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Saturday, April 5 2:48 PM
  • New Moon Saturday, April 12 5:32 AM
  • First Quarter Saturday, April 19 12:38 PM
  • Full Moon Sunday, April 27 3:20 PM Pink Moon

Also in April

  • Lyrids meteor shower peak on the night of April 22–23 up to 18 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 82% lit, 0 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 6–14.

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 2059 May
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 Sunday
31 Monday
1 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:44 PM
Set: 9:04 AM
2 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:36 AM
3 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:51 AM
Set: 10:15 AM
4 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 62% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:57 AM
Set: 11:03 AM
5 Saturday
Last Quarter
2:48 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:59 AM
Set: 12:01 PM
6 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 40% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:54 AM
Set: 1:09 PM
Dark night
7 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 29% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:41 AM
Set: 2:22 PM
Dark night
8 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 19% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:21 AM
Set: 3:39 PM
Dark night
9 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:55 AM
Set: 4:56 PM
Dark night
10 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:24 AM
Set: 6:12 PM
Dark night
11 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:52 AM
Set: 7:27 PM
Dark night
12 Saturday
New Moon
5:32 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:20 AM
Set: 8:42 PM
Dark night
13 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:49 AM
Set: 9:56 PM
Dark night
14 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:21 AM
Set: 11:09 PM
Dark night
15 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 13% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:57 AM
Set: –
16 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 21% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:39 AM
Set: 12:19 AM
17 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:28 AM
Set: 1:23 AM
18 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 40% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:23 AM
Set: 2:19 AM
19 Saturday
First Quarter
12:38 PM
Visible: 50% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:21 PM
Set: 3:07 AM
20 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 59% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:22 PM
Set: 3:46 AM
21 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 68% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:23 PM
Set: 4:19 AM
22 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Lyrids meteor shower
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:24 PM
Set: 4:47 AM
23 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:23 PM
Set: 5:11 AM
24 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:23 PM
Set: 5:33 AM
25 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:23 PM
Set: 5:55 AM
26 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:25 PM
Set: 6:17 AM
27 Sunday
Full Moon
3:20 PM
Pink Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:28 PM
Set: 6:40 AM
28 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:34 PM
Set: 7:06 AM
29 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:42 PM
Set: 7:37 AM
30 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:50 PM
Set: 8:14 AM
1 Thursday
2 Friday
3 Saturday