The Moon Today
Tonight is a dark night for stargazing: no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness.
Dates and Times of the Phases
- First Quarter Tuesday, September 2 7:12 AM
- Full Moon Monday, September 8 9:39 PM Harvest MoonSupermoon
- Last Quarter Monday, September 15 10:06 PM
- New Moon Wednesday, September 24 2:14 AM
Also in September
- Mid-Autumn Festival Monday, September 8 Chinese calendar
- Rosh Hashanah Thursday, September 25 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: September 20–28.
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).
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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31 Sunday
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1 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 42% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:44 PM
Set: –
|
2 Tuesday
First Quarter
7:12 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:43 PM
Set: 12:04 AM
|
3 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:41 PM
Set: 12:54 AM
|
4 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 74% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:35 PM
Set: 1:52 AM
|
5 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:25 PM
Set: 2:56 AM
|
6 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:10 PM
Set: 4:06 AM
|
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7 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:53 PM
Set: 5:18 AM
|
8 Monday
Full Moon
9:39 PM
Harvest Moon Supermoon
Mid-Autumn Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:32 PM
Set: 6:31 AM
|
9 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:10 PM
Set: 7:44 AM
|
10 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:48 PM
Set: 8:56 AM
|
11 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:26 PM
Set: 10:06 AM
|
12 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:06 PM
Set: 11:13 AM
|
13 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:49 PM
Set: 12:17 PM
|
|
14 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:35 PM
Set: 1:17 PM
|
15 Monday
Last Quarter
10:06 PM
Visible: 54% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:12 PM
|
16 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:23 AM
Set: 3:01 PM
|
17 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 35% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:14 AM
Set: 3:46 PM
|
18 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:07 AM
Set: 4:26 PM
|
19 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:01 AM
Set: 5:02 PM
|
20 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:56 AM
Set: 5:35 PM
Dark night
|
|
21 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:51 AM
Set: 6:06 PM
Dark night
|
22 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:47 AM
Set: 6:36 PM
Dark night
|
23 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:44 AM
Set: 7:06 PM
Dark night
|
24 Wednesday
New Moon
2:14 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:41 AM
Set: 7:36 PM
Dark night
|
25 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Rosh Hashanah
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:39 AM
Set: 8:08 PM
Dark night
|
26 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:38 AM
Set: 8:42 PM
Dark night
|
27 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:38 AM
Set: 9:20 PM
Dark night
|
|
28 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:38 AM
Set: 10:02 PM
Dark night
|
29 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:37 PM
Set: 10:51 PM
|
30 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 38% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:34 PM
Set: 11:45 PM
|
1 Wednesday
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2 Thursday
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3 Friday
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4 Saturday
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