Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Friday, May 7 5:22 AM
  • Full Moon Saturday, May 15 9:42 AM Flower Moon
  • Last Quarter Saturday, May 22 11:03 PM
  • New Moon Saturday, May 29 2:26 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 37% lit, 2 of 6 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Eid al-Adha Monday, May 10 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Islamic New Year 1483 AH Monday, May 31 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: May 1, 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 2060 June
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
25 Sunday
26 Monday
27 Tuesday
28 Wednesday
29 Thursday
30 Friday
1 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:12 AM
Set: 10:28 PM
Dark night
2 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:55 AM
Set: 11:44 PM
3 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:45 AM
Set: –
4 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:45 AM
Set: 12:50 AM
5 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Eta Aquariids meteor shower
Visible: 33% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:50 AM
Set: 1:46 AM
6 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 43% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:57 AM
Set: 2:30 AM
7 Friday
First Quarter
5:22 AM
Visible: 53% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:03 PM
Set: 3:05 AM
8 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 62% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:06 PM
Set: 3:33 AM
9 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 71% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:07 PM
Set: 3:57 AM
10 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:07 PM
Set: 4:18 AM
11 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:05 PM
Set: 4:38 AM
12 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:04 PM
Set: 4:58 AM
13 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:05 PM
Set: 5:19 AM
14 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 8:07 PM
Set: 5:42 AM
15 Saturday
Full Moon
9:42 AM
Flower Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 9:10 PM
Set: 6:08 AM
16 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 10:14 PM
Set: 6:40 AM
17 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 11:16 PM
Set: 7:19 AM
18 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:07 AM
19 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 12:13 AM
Set: 9:04 AM
20 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 1:02 AM
Set: 10:08 AM
21 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:44 AM
Set: 11:18 AM
22 Saturday
Last Quarter
11:03 PM
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:19 AM
Set: 12:29 PM
23 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:49 AM
Set: 1:42 PM
Dark night
24 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:15 AM
Set: 2:54 PM
Dark night
25 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:41 AM
Set: 4:07 PM
Dark night
26 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:06 AM
Set: 5:23 PM
Dark night
27 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:34 AM
Set: 6:40 PM
Dark night
28 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:06 AM
Set: 7:59 PM
Dark night
29 Saturday
New Moon
2:26 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:44 AM
Set: 9:18 PM
Dark night
30 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 6:30 AM
Set: 10:30 PM
Dark night
31 Monday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1483 AH
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:27 AM
Set: 11:32 PM
Dark night
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday