Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Saturday, October 3 9:26 AM
  • New Moon Saturday, October 10 11:50 AM
  • First Quarter Sunday, October 18 12:14 PM
  • Full Moon Monday, October 26 12:13 AM Hunter's Moon

Also in October

  • Orionids meteor shower peak on the night of October 21–22 up to 20 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 78% lit, 2 of 10 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: October 6–15.

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 2026 November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 71% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:17 PM
Set: 1:21 PM
2 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 60% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:22 PM
Set: 2:27 PM
3 Saturday
Last Quarter
9:26 AM
Visible: 49% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 3:21 PM
4 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 38% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:33 AM
Set: 4:05 PM
5 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:48 AM
Set: 4:40 PM
6 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:02 AM
Set: 5:09 PM
Dark night
7 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:14 AM
Set: 5:34 PM
Dark night
8 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:23 AM
Set: 5:58 PM
Dark night
9 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:31 AM
Set: 6:20 PM
Dark night
10 Saturday
New Moon
11:50 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:38 AM
Set: 6:44 PM
Dark night
11 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:44 AM
Set: 7:10 PM
Dark night
12 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:51 AM
Set: 7:39 PM
Dark night
13 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:56 AM
Set: 8:14 PM
Dark night
14 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 11:58 AM
Set: 8:55 PM
Dark night
15 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 12:56 PM
Set: 9:43 PM
Dark night
16 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:46 PM
Set: 10:37 PM
17 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 2:30 PM
Set: 11:36 PM
18 Sunday
First Quarter
12:14 PM
Visible: 50% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 3:06 PM
Set: –
19 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 59% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:36 PM
Set: 12:38 AM
20 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 69% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:03 PM
Set: 1:42 AM
21 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Orionids meteor shower
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:27 PM
Set: 2:46 AM
22 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:50 PM
Set: 3:51 AM
23 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:12 PM
Set: 4:57 AM
24 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:37 PM
Set: 6:05 AM
25 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:04 PM
Set: 7:17 AM
26 Monday
Full Moon
12:13 AM
Hunter's Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:37 PM
Set: 8:32 AM
27 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:18 PM
Set: 9:50 AM
28 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:10 PM
Set: 11:07 AM
29 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:13 PM
Set: 12:17 PM
30 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:24 PM
Set: 1:16 PM
31 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:39 PM
Set: 2:04 PM