Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Wednesday, September 4 4:55 AM Corn Moon
  • Last Quarter Thursday, September 12 7:21 AM
  • New Moon Thursday, September 19 2:32 PM
  • First Quarter Thursday, September 26 5:30 AM

Also in September

  • Rosh Hashanah Saturday, September 21 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Eid al-Adha Monday, September 30 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Yom Kippur Monday, September 30 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 16–24.

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 2047 October
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:31 PM
Set: 4:03 AM
2 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:00 PM
Set: 5:11 AM
3 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:26 PM
Set: 6:16 AM
4 Wednesday
Full Moon
4:55 AM
Corn Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:51 PM
Set: 7:19 AM
5 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:14 PM
Set: 8:21 AM
6 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:39 PM
Set: 9:22 AM
7 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:05 PM
Set: 10:22 AM
8 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:35 PM
Set: 11:23 AM
9 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:08 PM
Set: 12:22 PM
10 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 67% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:48 PM
Set: 1:21 PM
11 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 58% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:33 PM
Set: 2:16 PM
12 Thursday
Last Quarter
7:21 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 3:08 PM
13 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 38% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:26 AM
Set: 3:55 PM
14 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 29% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:24 AM
Set: 4:36 PM
15 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:28 AM
Set: 5:12 PM
16 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:35 AM
Set: 5:45 PM
Dark night
17 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:45 AM
Set: 6:15 PM
Dark night
18 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:55 AM
Set: 6:43 PM
Dark night
19 Thursday
New Moon
2:32 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:08 AM
Set: 7:12 PM
Dark night
20 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:22 AM
Set: 7:43 PM
Dark night
21 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Rosh Hashanah
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:38 AM
Set: 8:17 PM
Dark night
22 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:55 AM
Set: 8:57 PM
Dark night
23 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 21% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 12:10 PM
Set: 9:44 PM
Dark night
24 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:20 PM
Set: 10:39 PM
Dark night
25 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 42% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 2:22 PM
Set: 11:41 PM
26 Thursday
First Quarter
5:30 AM
Visible: 53% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 3:14 PM
Set: –
27 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 64% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:57 PM
Set: 12:48 AM
28 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 74% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:33 PM
Set: 1:56 AM
29 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:03 PM
Set: 3:03 AM
30 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Yom Kippur
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:30 PM
Set: 4:07 AM
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday