Moon Phases October 2014

Dates and Times of the Phases

• First Quarter Wednesday, October 1 3:33 PM
• Full Moon Wednesday, October 8 6:51 AM Hunter's MoonSupermoon
• Last Quarter Wednesday, October 15 3:13 PM
• New Moon Thursday, October 23 5:56 PM
• First Quarter Thursday, October 30 10:49 PM

Also in October

• Eid al-Adha Saturday, October 4 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
• Yom Kippur Saturday, October 4 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
• Total lunar eclipse Wednesday, October 8, 6:55 AM visible from Columbus
• Sukkot Thursday, October 9 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
• Orionids meteor shower peak on the night of October 21–22 up to 20 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 5% lit, 10 of 10 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
• Partial solar eclipse Thursday, October 23, 6:47 PM partly visible from Columbus as a partial eclipse, 38.6% of the Sun covered
• Diwali Thursday, October 23 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
• Islamic New Year 1436 AH Saturday, October 25 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: October 19–27.

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).