Columbus, United States Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Columbus (United States, Ohio, Franklin County). Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 19:14 (GMT-04:00) America/New_York . All times are shown in Columbus local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 15.92%, Maximal illumination for this day: 25.4%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-05-31, 04:46; remaining time: 10d 9h 31m 53s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	09:46
Moonset:	00:30

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 367 746 km
228 507 mi
Columbus ↔ Moon, nearest point: 360 286 km
223 871 mi
View angle: 0.542°

Columbus on map:

Columbus

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-04:00
Latitude:	39.96118°
Longitude:	-82.99879°
Country:	United States Ohio
Population:	850 106

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 23.4%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 4 Day, 17 hours, 58 minutes. (≈4.749 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -58°

Columbus, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 63.7°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 241.3°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Moonrise:	07:22:00	08:30:00	09:46:00	11:03:00	12:16:00
Moonset:	23:34:00	00:00:00	00:30:00	01:14:00	01:49:00

Columbus moonrise, moonset and phase informations for whole month (or Year 2026):

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