Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Saturday, October 6 4:42 PM
  • Full Moon Sunday, October 14 7:43 PM Hunter's MoonMicromoon
  • Last Quarter Monday, October 22 4:09 PM
  • New Moon Monday, October 29 7:18 AM

Also in October

  • Rosh Hashanah Monday, October 1 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Eid al-Adha Wednesday, October 10 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Yom Kippur Wednesday, October 10 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Sukkot Monday, October 15 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 60% lit, 3 of 10 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Diwali Monday, October 29 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Islamic New Year 1469 AH Wednesday, October 31 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 1–4, October 25–31.

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 2046 November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 Sunday
1 Monday
Waxing crescent
Rosh Hashanah
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:29 AM
Set: 7:51 PM
Dark night
2 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 10% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:47 AM
Set: 8:31 PM
Dark night
3 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 12:02 PM
Set: 9:19 PM
Dark night
4 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:11 PM
Set: 10:14 PM
Dark night
5 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 37% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 2:09 PM
Set: 11:16 PM
6 Saturday
First Quarter
4:42 PM
Visible: 48% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:56 PM
Set: –
7 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 58% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:35 PM
Set: 12:20 AM
8 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 68% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:06 PM
Set: 1:25 AM
9 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:33 PM
Set: 2:28 AM
10 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Yom Kippur
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:57 PM
Set: 3:30 AM
11 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:18 PM
Set: 4:29 AM
12 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:40 PM
Set: 5:28 AM
13 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:01 PM
Set: 6:26 AM
14 Sunday
Full Moon
7:43 PM
Hunter's Moon
Micromoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:25 PM
Set: 7:25 AM
15 Monday
Waning gibbous
Sukkot
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:51 PM
Set: 8:25 AM
16 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:21 PM
Set: 9:27 AM
17 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 7:57 PM
Set: 10:28 AM
18 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 8:41 PM
Set: 11:29 AM
19 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 9:32 PM
Set: 12:26 PM
20 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:31 PM
Set: 1:18 PM
21 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Orionids meteor shower
Visible: 62% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:37 PM
Set: 2:04 PM
22 Monday
Last Quarter
4:09 PM
Visible: 52% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:43 PM
23 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 41% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:46 AM
Set: 3:16 PM
24 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:58 AM
Set: 3:46 PM
25 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:11 AM
Set: 4:14 PM
Dark night
26 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:25 AM
Set: 4:42 PM
Dark night
27 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:40 AM
Set: 5:11 PM
Dark night
28 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:58 AM
Set: 5:44 PM
Dark night
29 Monday
New Moon
7:18 AM
Diwali
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:17 AM
Set: 6:21 PM
Dark night
30 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:36 AM
Set: 7:06 PM
Dark night
31 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1469 AH
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:49 AM
Set: 8:00 PM
Dark night
1 Thursday
2 Friday
3 Saturday