Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Wednesday, September 6 3:05 AM Corn Moon
  • Last Quarter Wednesday, September 13 2:27 AM
  • New Moon Wednesday, September 20 1:31 AM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, September 27 10:55 PM

Also in September

  • Eid al-Adha Friday, September 1 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Islamic New Year 1439 AH Thursday, September 21 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Rosh Hashanah Thursday, September 21 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Yom Kippur Saturday, September 30 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 16–24.

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 2017 October
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
31 Thursday
1 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:13 PM
Set: 2:27 AM
2 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:57 PM
Set: 3:18 AM
3 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:38 PM
Set: 4:14 AM
4 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:16 PM
Set: 5:12 AM
5 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:51 PM
Set: 6:13 AM
6 Wednesday
Full Moon
3:05 AM
Corn Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:24 PM
Set: 7:16 AM
7 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:57 PM
Set: 8:21 AM
8 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:31 PM
Set: 9:26 AM
9 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:06 PM
Set: 10:33 AM
10 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:44 PM
Set: 11:40 AM
11 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 68% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:27 PM
Set: 12:48 PM
12 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 57% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 1:55 PM
13 Wednesday
Last Quarter
2:27 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:14 AM
Set: 2:59 PM
14 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 34% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:08 AM
Set: 3:58 PM
15 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 24% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:07 AM
Set: 4:52 PM
16 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:11 AM
Set: 5:40 PM
Dark night
17 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:17 AM
Set: 6:22 PM
Dark night
18 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:24 AM
Set: 6:59 PM
Dark night
19 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:29 AM
Set: 7:34 PM
Dark night
20 Wednesday
New Moon
1:31 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:34 AM
Set: 8:06 PM
Dark night
21 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1439 AH
Rosh Hashanah
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:37 AM
Set: 8:37 PM
Dark night
22 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:38 AM
Set: 9:09 PM
Dark night
23 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:38 AM
Set: 9:41 PM
Dark night
24 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:36 AM
Set: 10:16 PM
Dark night
25 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 28% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:32 PM
Set: 10:53 PM
26 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:26 PM
Set: 11:34 PM
27 Wednesday
First Quarter
10:55 PM
Visible: 46% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 2:18 PM
Set: –
28 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 3:06 PM
Set: 12:19 AM
29 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:51 PM
Set: 1:08 AM
30 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Yom Kippur
Visible: 74% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:33 PM
Set: 2:01 AM