Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Tuesday, October 3 12:27 PM Harvest MoonMicromoon
  • Last Quarter Wednesday, October 11 7:58 AM
  • New Moon Tuesday, October 17 10:57 PM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, October 25 12:53 AM

Also in October

  • Mid-Autumn Festival Tuesday, October 3 Chinese calendar
  • Sukkot Thursday, October 5 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Diwali Tuesday, October 17 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Orionids meteor shower peak on the night of October 20–21 up to 20 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 13% lit, 10 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 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).

September October 2028 November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:04 PM
Set: 5:34 AM
2 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:26 PM
Set: 6:32 AM
3 Tuesday
Full Moon
12:27 PM
Harvest Moon
Micromoon
Mid-Autumn Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:50 PM
Set: 7:31 AM
4 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:15 PM
Set: 8:31 AM
5 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Sukkot
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:44 PM
Set: 9:31 AM
6 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:19 PM
Set: 10:33 AM
7 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:00 PM
Set: 11:35 AM
8 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 9:49 PM
Set: 12:34 PM
9 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 69% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:46 PM
Set: 1:29 PM
10 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 59% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:50 PM
Set: 2:18 PM
11 Wednesday
Last Quarter
7:58 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 3:01 PM
12 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:59 AM
Set: 3:38 PM
13 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:11 AM
Set: 4:11 PM
14 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:25 AM
Set: 4:41 PM
Dark night
15 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:39 AM
Set: 5:10 PM
Dark night
16 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:55 AM
Set: 5:40 PM
Dark night
17 Tuesday
New Moon
10:57 PM
Diwali
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:12 AM
Set: 6:12 PM
Dark night
18 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:30 AM
Set: 6:49 PM
Dark night
19 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:46 AM
Set: 7:31 PM
Dark night
20 Friday
Waxing crescent
Orionids meteor shower
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:59 AM
Set: 8:21 PM
Dark night
21 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 12:05 PM
Set: 9:18 PM
Dark night
22 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 1:00 PM
Set: 10:19 PM
23 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 35% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:46 PM
Set: 11:23 PM
24 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 2:24 PM
Set: –
25 Wednesday
First Quarter
12:53 AM
Visible: 54% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:55 PM
Set: 12:26 AM
26 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 64% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:22 PM
Set: 1:28 AM
27 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:46 PM
Set: 2:28 AM
28 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:08 PM
Set: 3:27 AM
29 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:30 PM
Set: 4:25 AM
30 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:53 PM
Set: 5:23 AM
31 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:19 PM
Set: 6:22 AM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday