Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Wednesday, September 2 1:23 AM Corn Moon
  • Last Quarter Thursday, September 10 5:28 AM
  • New Moon Thursday, September 17 7:01 AM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, September 23 9:57 PM

Also in September

  • Rosh Hashanah Saturday, September 19 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Yom Kippur 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 14–21.

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 2020 October
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 Sunday
31 Monday
1 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:15 PM
Set: 6:09 AM
2 Wednesday
Full Moon
1:23 AM
Corn Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:42 PM
Set: 7:11 AM
3 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:07 PM
Set: 8:11 AM
4 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:30 PM
Set: 9:10 AM
5 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:54 PM
Set: 10:08 AM
6 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:19 PM
Set: 11:06 AM
7 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:46 PM
Set: 12:05 PM
8 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:16 PM
Set: 1:04 PM
9 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 57% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:52 PM
Set: 2:04 PM
10 Thursday
Last Quarter
5:28 AM
Visible: 47% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 3:04 PM
11 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:35 AM
Set: 4:02 PM
12 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:26 AM
Set: 4:56 PM
13 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 19% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:25 AM
Set: 5:45 PM
14 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:32 AM
Set: 6:28 PM
Dark night
15 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:44 AM
Set: 7:07 PM
Dark night
16 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:58 AM
Set: 7:41 PM
Dark night
17 Thursday
New Moon
7:01 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:14 AM
Set: 8:12 PM
Dark night
18 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:30 AM
Set: 8:43 PM
Dark night
19 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Rosh Hashanah
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:45 AM
Set: 9:15 PM
Dark night
20 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 11:01 AM
Set: 9:49 PM
Dark night
21 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 12:16 PM
Set: 10:27 PM
Dark night
22 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 34% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:28 PM
Set: 11:11 PM
23 Wednesday
First Quarter
9:57 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 2:35 PM
Set: –
24 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 3:36 PM
Set: 12:01 AM
25 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 4:28 PM
Set: 12:56 AM
26 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 5:11 PM
Set: 1:57 AM
27 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:48 PM
Set: 2:59 AM
28 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Yom Kippur
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:19 PM
Set: 4:02 AM
29 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:46 PM
Set: 5:03 AM
30 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:11 PM
Set: 6:03 AM
1 Thursday
2 Friday
3 Saturday