Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Saturday, September 5 5:57 AM
  • New Moon Sunday, September 13 2:43 AM
  • First Quarter Monday, September 21 5:00 AM
  • Full Moon Sunday, September 27 10:52 PM Harvest MoonSupermoon

Also in September

  • Partial solar eclipse Sunday, September 13, 2:54 AM not visible from Columbus
  • Rosh Hashanah Monday, September 14 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Eid al-Adha Wednesday, September 23 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Yom Kippur Wednesday, September 23 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Total lunar eclipse Sunday, September 27, 10:47 PM visible from Columbus
  • Mid-Autumn Festival Sunday, September 27 Chinese calendar
  • Sukkot Monday, September 28 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 9–18.

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).

August September 2015 October
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 Sunday
31 Monday
1 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:01 PM
Set: 10:20 AM
2 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 79% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:42 PM
Set: 11:30 AM
3 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 69% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:25 PM
Set: 12:38 PM
4 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 58% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 1:43 PM
5 Saturday
Last Quarter
5:57 AM
Visible: 47% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:11 AM
Set: 2:43 PM
6 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:01 AM
Set: 3:37 PM
7 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:53 AM
Set: 4:26 PM
8 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 19% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:47 AM
Set: 5:10 PM
9 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:43 AM
Set: 5:49 PM
Dark night
10 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:40 AM
Set: 6:24 PM
Dark night
11 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:36 AM
Set: 6:57 PM
Dark night
12 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:32 AM
Set: 7:27 PM
Dark night
13 Sunday
New Moon
2:43 AM
Partial solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:28 AM
Set: 7:57 PM
Dark night
14 Monday
Waxing crescent
Rosh Hashanah
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:23 AM
Set: 8:26 PM
Dark night
15 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:19 AM
Set: 8:56 PM
Dark night
16 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 10% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:14 AM
Set: 9:28 PM
Dark night
17 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 11:10 AM
Set: 10:02 PM
Dark night
18 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 12:06 PM
Set: 10:40 PM
Dark night
19 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 33% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:01 PM
Set: 11:22 PM
20 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 43% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:56 PM
Set: –
21 Monday
First Quarter
5:00 AM
Visible: 53% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:49 PM
Set: 12:10 AM
22 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 64% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:40 PM
Set: 1:03 AM
23 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Yom Kippur
Visible: 74% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:27 PM
Set: 2:03 AM
24 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:12 PM
Set: 3:07 AM
25 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:54 PM
Set: 4:16 AM
26 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:34 PM
Set: 5:27 AM
27 Sunday
Full Moon
10:52 PM
Harvest Moon
Supermoon
Total lunar eclipse
Mid-Autumn Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:13 PM
Set: 6:40 AM
28 Monday
Waning gibbous
Sukkot
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:53 PM
Set: 7:54 AM
29 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:34 PM
Set: 9:07 AM
30 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:18 PM
Set: 10:19 AM
1 Thursday
2 Friday
3 Saturday