Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Wednesday, October 8 6:51 AM
  • New Moon Thursday, October 16 4:21 AM
  • First Quarter Thursday, October 23 3:38 AM
  • Full Moon Thursday, October 30 3:33 AM Hunter's Moon

Also in October

  • Mid-Autumn Festival Wednesday, October 1 Chinese calendar
  • Sukkot Thursday, October 2 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Orionids meteor shower peak on the night of October 21–22 up to 20 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 36% lit, 7 of 10 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse Thursday, October 30, 3:45 AM visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: October 12–20.

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).

September October 2031 November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Mid-Autumn Festival
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:37 PM
Set: 8:23 AM
2 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Sukkot
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:14 PM
Set: 9:29 AM
3 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:54 PM
Set: 10:33 AM
4 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:38 PM
Set: 11:33 AM
5 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:25 PM
Set: 12:29 PM
6 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 67% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:16 PM
Set: 1:19 PM
7 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 57% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:04 PM
8 Wednesday
Last Quarter
6:51 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:09 AM
Set: 2:44 PM
9 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:04 AM
Set: 3:19 PM
10 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:00 AM
Set: 3:52 PM
11 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 21% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:57 AM
Set: 4:22 PM
12 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:55 AM
Set: 4:51 PM
Dark night
13 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:55 AM
Set: 5:20 PM
Dark night
14 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:55 AM
Set: 5:50 PM
Dark night
15 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:58 AM
Set: 6:22 PM
Dark night
16 Thursday
New Moon
4:21 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:02 AM
Set: 6:57 PM
Dark night
17 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:07 AM
Set: 7:37 PM
Dark night
18 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:13 AM
Set: 8:23 PM
Dark night
19 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 13% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 11:17 AM
Set: 9:16 PM
Dark night
20 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 12:17 PM
Set: 10:15 PM
Dark night
21 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Orionids meteor shower
Visible: 32% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:11 PM
Set: 11:19 PM
22 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 43% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:59 PM
Set: –
23 Thursday
First Quarter
3:38 AM
Visible: 54% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:41 PM
Set: 12:26 AM
24 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:19 PM
Set: 1:35 AM
25 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:54 PM
Set: 2:44 AM
26 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:27 PM
Set: 3:52 AM
27 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:00 PM
Set: 5:00 AM
28 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:34 PM
Set: 6:06 AM
29 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:09 PM
Set: 7:12 AM
30 Thursday
Full Moon
3:33 AM
Hunter's Moon
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:48 PM
Set: 8:17 AM
31 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:30 PM
Set: 9:18 AM
1 Saturday