Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Wednesday, September 6 6:23 PM
  • New Moon Thursday, September 14 9:40 PM
  • First Quarter Friday, September 22 3:33 PM
  • Full Moon Friday, September 29 5:58 AM Harvest MoonSupermoon

Also in September

  • Rosh Hashanah Saturday, September 16 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Yom Kippur Monday, September 25 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Mid-Autumn Festival Friday, September 29 Chinese calendar
  • Sukkot 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 11–20.

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 2023 October
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
31 Thursday
1 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:14 PM
Set: 8:44 AM
2 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:39 PM
Set: 9:59 AM
3 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:06 PM
Set: 11:13 AM
4 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:35 PM
Set: 12:26 PM
5 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:10 PM
Set: 1:38 PM
6 Wednesday
Last Quarter
6:23 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:50 PM
Set: 2:46 PM
7 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 43% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 3:48 PM
8 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:38 AM
Set: 4:43 PM
9 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 24% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:32 AM
Set: 5:30 PM
10 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:31 AM
Set: 6:08 PM
11 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:32 AM
Set: 6:39 PM
Dark night
12 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:35 AM
Set: 7:06 PM
Dark night
13 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:36 AM
Set: 7:29 PM
Dark night
14 Thursday
New Moon
9:40 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:37 AM
Set: 7:49 PM
Dark night
15 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:37 AM
Set: 8:09 PM
Dark night
16 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Rosh Hashanah
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:37 AM
Set: 8:29 PM
Dark night
17 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:38 AM
Set: 8:51 PM
Dark night
18 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:42 AM
Set: 9:14 PM
Dark night
19 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:48 AM
Set: 9:43 PM
Dark night
20 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 28% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:56 PM
Set: 10:18 PM
Dark night
21 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 38% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 2:05 PM
Set: 11:01 PM
22 Friday
First Quarter
3:33 PM
Visible: 49% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 3:11 PM
Set: 11:57 PM
23 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 4:11 PM
Set: –
24 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 5:01 PM
Set: 1:03 AM
25 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Yom Kippur
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:42 PM
Set: 2:18 AM
26 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:17 PM
Set: 3:37 AM
27 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:46 PM
Set: 4:57 AM
28 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:12 PM
Set: 6:15 AM
29 Friday
Full Moon
5:58 AM
Harvest Moon
Supermoon
Mid-Autumn Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:37 PM
Set: 7:32 AM
30 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Sukkot
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:04 PM
Set: 8:47 AM