The Moon Today
Tonight is a dark night for stargazing: no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness.
Dates and Times of the Phases
- Last Quarter Saturday, September 6 1:12 PM
- New Moon Sunday, September 14 4:51 AM
- First Quarter Monday, September 22 9:22 AM
- Full Moon Monday, September 29 6:37 AM Harvest MoonSupermoon
Also in September
- Eid al-Fitr Monday, September 15 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
- Rosh Hashanah Monday, September 15 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
- Yom Kippur Wednesday, September 24 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
- Mid-Autumn Festival Sunday, September 28 Chinese calendar
- Partial lunar eclipse Monday, September 29, 6:44 AM visible from Columbus
- Sukkot Monday, September 29 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 10–20.
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).
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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31 Sunday
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1 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:09 PM
Set: 8:42 AM
|
2 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:35 PM
Set: 9:59 AM
|
3 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:03 PM
Set: 11:15 AM
|
4 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:35 PM
Set: 12:33 PM
|
5 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 62% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:13 PM
Set: 1:49 PM
|
6 Saturday
Last Quarter
1:12 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 3:02 PM
|
|
7 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 40% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:00 AM
Set: 4:08 PM
|
8 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 29% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 12:55 AM
Set: 5:04 PM
|
9 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 1:57 AM
Set: 5:50 PM
|
10 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:04 AM
Set: 6:26 PM
Dark night
|
11 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:10 AM
Set: 6:55 PM
Dark night
|
12 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:16 AM
Set: 7:20 PM
Dark night
|
13 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:19 AM
Set: 7:41 PM
Dark night
|
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14 Sunday
New Moon
4:51 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:19 AM
Set: 8:01 PM
Dark night
|
15 Monday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr Rosh Hashanah
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:19 AM
Set: 8:20 PM
Dark night
|
16 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:18 AM
Set: 8:40 PM
Dark night
|
17 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 10% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:18 AM
Set: 9:02 PM
Dark night
|
18 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 11:20 AM
Set: 9:26 PM
Dark night
|
19 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 12:22 PM
Set: 9:55 PM
Dark night
|
20 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 32% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:26 PM
Set: 10:31 PM
Dark night
|
|
21 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 2:28 PM
Set: 11:15 PM
|
22 Monday
First Quarter
9:22 AM
Visible: 51% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 3:27 PM
Set: –
|
23 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 61% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 4:19 PM
Set: 12:09 AM
|
24 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Yom Kippur
Visible: 71% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 5:04 PM
Set: 1:13 AM
|
25 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:42 PM
Set: 2:24 AM
|
26 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:14 PM
Set: 3:39 AM
|
27 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:42 PM
Set: 4:56 AM
|
|
28 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Mid-Autumn Festival
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:08 PM
Set: 6:14 AM
|
29 Monday
Full Moon
6:37 AM
Harvest Moon Supermoon
Partial lunar eclipse Sukkot
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:33 PM
Set: 7:31 AM
|
30 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:01 PM
Set: 8:50 AM
|
1 Wednesday
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2 Thursday
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3 Friday
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4 Saturday
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