Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Wednesday, October 7 1:45 PM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, October 14 8:22 AM
  • Full Moon Wednesday, October 21 2:25 PM Hunter's Moon
  • Last Quarter Thursday, October 29 6:16 PM

Also in October

  • Islamic New Year 1471 AH Friday, October 9 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Orionids meteor shower peak on the night of October 20–21 up to 20 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 100% lit, 0 of 10 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: October 3–11.

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 2048 November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 35% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:09 AM
Set: 3:46 PM
2 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:09 AM
Set: 4:18 PM
3 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:10 AM
Set: 4:47 PM
Dark night
4 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:12 AM
Set: 5:15 PM
Dark night
5 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:16 AM
Set: 5:43 PM
Dark night
6 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:22 AM
Set: 6:12 PM
Dark night
7 Wednesday
New Moon
1:45 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:31 AM
Set: 6:43 PM
Dark night
8 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:41 AM
Set: 7:19 PM
Dark night
9 Friday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1471 AH
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:53 AM
Set: 8:01 PM
Dark night
10 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 11:04 AM
Set: 8:49 PM
Dark night
11 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 12:12 PM
Set: 9:46 PM
Dark night
12 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 29% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:12 PM
Set: 10:50 PM
13 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 40% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 2:04 PM
Set: 11:58 PM
14 Wednesday
First Quarter
8:22 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:49 PM
Set: –
15 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:26 PM
Set: 1:08 AM
16 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:59 PM
Set: 2:18 AM
17 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:29 PM
Set: 3:26 AM
18 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:57 PM
Set: 4:32 AM
19 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:25 PM
Set: 5:37 AM
20 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Orionids meteor shower
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:54 PM
Set: 6:41 AM
21 Wednesday
Full Moon
2:25 PM
Hunter's Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:25 PM
Set: 7:45 AM
22 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:00 PM
Set: 8:47 AM
23 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:39 PM
Set: 9:47 AM
24 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:22 PM
Set: 10:44 AM
25 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:11 PM
Set: 11:37 AM
26 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 79% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:03 PM
Set: 12:25 PM
27 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 71% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:59 PM
Set: 1:06 PM
28 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 62% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:57 PM
Set: 1:43 PM
29 Thursday
Last Quarter
6:16 PM
Visible: 52% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:16 PM
30 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 43% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:56 AM
Set: 2:46 PM
31 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:57 AM
Set: 3:14 PM