Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Friday, October 6 9:49 AM
  • New Moon Saturday, October 14 1:55 PM
  • First Quarter Saturday, October 21 11:30 PM
  • Full Moon Saturday, October 28 4:24 PM Hunter's Moon

Also in October

  • Annular solar eclipse Saturday, October 14, 1:07 PM visible from Columbus as a partial eclipse, 38.1% of the Sun covered
  • Orionids meteor shower peak on the night of October 21–22 up to 20 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 48% lit, 6 of 10 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Partial lunar eclipse Saturday, October 28, 4:14 PM not visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: October 10–19.

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).

September October 2023 November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:32 PM
Set: 10:03 AM
2 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:05 PM
Set: 11:17 AM
3 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 9:44 PM
Set: 12:29 PM
4 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 69% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:30 PM
Set: 1:37 PM
5 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 59% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:22 PM
Set: 2:36 PM
6 Friday
Last Quarter
9:49 AM
Visible: 49% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 3:27 PM
7 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 40% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:21 AM
Set: 4:08 PM
8 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 31% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:22 AM
Set: 4:42 PM
9 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:25 AM
Set: 5:10 PM
10 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:27 AM
Set: 5:34 PM
Dark night
11 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:28 AM
Set: 5:55 PM
Dark night
12 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:28 AM
Set: 6:15 PM
Dark night
13 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:28 AM
Set: 6:35 PM
Dark night
14 Saturday
New Moon
1:55 PM
Annular solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:30 AM
Set: 6:56 PM
Dark night
15 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:33 AM
Set: 7:19 PM
Dark night
16 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:39 AM
Set: 7:46 PM
Dark night
17 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:48 AM
Set: 8:19 PM
Dark night
18 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 11:57 AM
Set: 9:00 PM
Dark night
19 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 1:04 PM
Set: 9:51 PM
Dark night
20 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 34% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 2:05 PM
Set: 10:53 PM
21 Saturday
First Quarter
11:30 PM
Orionids meteor shower
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 2:58 PM
Set: –
22 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 3:41 PM
Set: 12:04 AM
23 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:16 PM
Set: 1:19 AM
24 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:46 PM
Set: 2:36 AM
25 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:12 PM
Set: 3:52 AM
26 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:37 PM
Set: 5:07 AM
27 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:02 PM
Set: 6:22 AM
28 Saturday
Full Moon
4:24 PM
Hunter's Moon
Partial lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:29 PM
Set: 7:36 AM
29 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:00 PM
Set: 8:51 AM
30 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:36 PM
Set: 10:06 AM
31 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:19 PM
Set: 11:17 AM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday