Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Sunday, October 5 6:17 AM Harvest Moon
  • Last Quarter Sunday, October 12 2:11 PM
  • New Moon Sunday, October 19 7:51 AM
  • First Quarter Sunday, October 26 9:14 PM

Also in October

  • Yom Kippur Wednesday, October 1 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Mid-Autumn Festival Saturday, October 4 Chinese calendar
  • Sukkot Monday, October 6 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Diwali Sunday, October 19 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 4% lit, 10 of 10 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Ramadan begins Monday, October 20 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: October 16–23.

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 2036 November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Yom Kippur
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:41 PM
Set: 3:41 AM
2 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:12 PM
Set: 4:38 AM
3 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:42 PM
Set: 5:36 AM
4 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Mid-Autumn Festival
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:11 PM
Set: 6:34 AM
5 Sunday
Full Moon
6:17 AM
Harvest Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:40 PM
Set: 7:33 AM
6 Monday
Waning gibbous
Sukkot
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:11 PM
Set: 8:34 AM
7 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:44 PM
Set: 9:35 AM
8 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:21 PM
Set: 10:38 AM
9 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:03 PM
Set: 11:41 AM
10 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:51 PM
Set: 12:44 PM
11 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 62% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:46 PM
Set: 1:44 PM
12 Sunday
Last Quarter
2:11 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:40 PM
13 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 40% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:47 AM
Set: 3:31 PM
14 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 29% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:53 AM
Set: 4:17 PM
15 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 19% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:02 AM
Set: 4:58 PM
16 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:13 AM
Set: 5:36 PM
Dark night
17 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:24 AM
Set: 6:11 PM
Dark night
18 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:34 AM
Set: 6:45 PM
Dark night
19 Sunday
New Moon
7:51 AM
Diwali
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:44 AM
Set: 7:20 PM
Dark night
20 Monday
Waxing crescent
Orionids meteor shower
Ramadan begins
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:52 AM
Set: 7:56 PM
Dark night
21 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:58 AM
Set: 8:34 PM
Dark night
22 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 11:01 AM
Set: 9:16 PM
Dark night
23 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 12:01 PM
Set: 10:01 PM
Dark night
24 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 28% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:55 PM
Set: 10:50 PM
25 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 37% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:44 PM
Set: 11:42 PM
26 Sunday
First Quarter
9:14 PM
Visible: 46% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:28 PM
Set: –
27 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 3:06 PM
Set: 12:35 AM
28 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:41 PM
Set: 1:31 AM
29 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 74% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:13 PM
Set: 2:27 AM
30 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:43 PM
Set: 3:24 AM
31 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:12 PM
Set: 4:22 AM
1 Saturday