Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Sunday, May 4 9:31 PM
  • New Moon Sunday, May 11 3:18 PM
  • First Quarter Monday, May 19 6:24 AM
  • Full Moon Tuesday, May 27 4:07 AM Flower Moon

Also in May

  • Eta Aquariids meteor shower peak on the night of May 6–7 up to 50 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 30% lit, 6 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Total solar eclipse Sunday, May 11, 3:20 PM not visible from Columbus
  • Shavuot Sunday, May 18 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Eid al-Adha Thursday, May 22 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Partial lunar eclipse Tuesday, May 27, 3:54 AM visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: May 5–13.

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 2059 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:00 AM
2 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:54 AM
Set: 9:55 AM
3 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:52 AM
Set: 10:59 AM
4 Sunday
Last Quarter
9:31 PM
Visible: 54% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:41 AM
Set: 12:10 PM
5 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 43% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 3:21 AM
Set: 1:24 PM
Dark night
6 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 32% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:56 AM
Set: 2:39 PM
Dark night
7 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:26 AM
Set: 3:53 PM
Dark night
8 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:53 AM
Set: 5:06 PM
Dark night
9 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:19 AM
Set: 6:19 PM
Dark night
10 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:47 AM
Set: 7:32 PM
Dark night
11 Sunday
New Moon
3:18 PM
Total solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:16 AM
Set: 8:46 PM
Dark night
12 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:50 AM
Set: 9:58 PM
Dark night
13 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:30 AM
Set: 11:06 PM
Dark night
14 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 10% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:16 AM
Set: –
15 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:09 AM
Set: 12:07 AM
16 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:08 AM
Set: 12:59 AM
17 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 33% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:09 AM
Set: 1:43 AM
18 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Shavuot
Visible: 43% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:11 PM
Set: 2:19 AM
19 Monday
First Quarter
6:24 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:12 PM
Set: 2:48 AM
20 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 62% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:12 PM
Set: 3:14 AM
21 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 71% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:11 PM
Set: 3:37 AM
22 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 79% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:11 PM
Set: 3:59 AM
23 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:12 PM
Set: 4:20 AM
24 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:14 PM
Set: 4:43 AM
25 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:20 PM
Set: 5:07 AM
26 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:28 PM
Set: 5:36 AM
27 Tuesday
Full Moon
4:07 AM
Flower Moon
Partial lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:38 PM
Set: 6:11 AM
28 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:45 PM
Set: 6:54 AM
29 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:46 PM
Set: 7:47 AM
30 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:50 AM
31 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:39 AM
Set: 10:01 AM