Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Thursday, September 3 9:19 AM
  • First Quarter Friday, September 11 9:02 AM
  • Full Moon Friday, September 18 9:50 PM Harvest Moon
  • Last Quarter Friday, September 25 2:44 PM

Also in September

  • Eid al-Fitr Friday, September 4 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Mid-Autumn Festival Thursday, September 17 Chinese calendar
  • Total lunar eclipse Friday, September 18, 9:50 PM visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: September 1–9, September 29–30.

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).

August September 2043 October
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 Sunday
31 Monday
1 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:37 AM
Set: 7:24 PM
Dark night
2 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:49 AM
Set: 7:51 PM
Dark night
3 Thursday
New Moon
9:19 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:58 AM
Set: 8:14 PM
Dark night
4 Friday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:04 AM
Set: 8:35 PM
Dark night
5 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:08 AM
Set: 8:55 PM
Dark night
6 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 10% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:11 AM
Set: 9:17 PM
Dark night
7 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 11:13 AM
Set: 9:40 PM
Dark night
8 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 12:16 PM
Set: 10:06 PM
Dark night
9 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 33% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:20 PM
Set: 10:37 PM
Dark night
10 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 42% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 2:22 PM
Set: 11:15 PM
11 Friday
First Quarter
9:02 AM
Visible: 51% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 3:21 PM
Set: –
12 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 61% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 4:14 PM
Set: 12:01 AM
13 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 5:01 PM
Set: 12:55 AM
14 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 79% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:41 PM
Set: 1:57 AM
15 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:14 PM
Set: 3:04 AM
16 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:42 PM
Set: 4:14 AM
17 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Mid-Autumn Festival
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:08 PM
Set: 5:25 AM
18 Friday
Full Moon
9:50 PM
Harvest Moon
Total lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:31 PM
Set: 6:36 AM
19 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:55 PM
Set: 7:48 AM
20 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:20 PM
Set: 9:02 AM
21 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:49 PM
Set: 10:18 AM
22 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:24 PM
Set: 11:36 AM
23 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:06 PM
Set: 12:55 PM
24 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:59 PM
Set: 2:09 PM
25 Friday
Last Quarter
2:44 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 3:15 PM
26 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 40% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:02 AM
Set: 4:10 PM
27 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:12 AM
Set: 4:53 PM
28 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:25 AM
Set: 5:27 PM
29 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:37 AM
Set: 5:55 PM
Dark night
30 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:45 AM
Set: 6:18 PM
Dark night
1 Thursday
2 Friday
3 Saturday