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
- First Quarter Saturday, September 4 10:29 PM
- Full Moon Saturday, September 11 1:04 PM Harvest MoonSupermoon
- Last Quarter Saturday, September 18 7:04 PM
- New Moon Sunday, September 26 10:05 PM
Also in September
- Eid al-Adha Wednesday, September 8 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
- Mid-Autumn Festival Saturday, September 11 Chinese calendar
- Rosh Hashanah Monday, September 27 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
- Islamic New Year 1472 AH Tuesday, September 28 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: September 1–2, September 23–30.
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).
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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29 Sunday
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30 Monday
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31 Tuesday
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1 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 11:10 AM
Set: 9:52 PM
Dark night
|
2 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 12:13 PM
Set: 10:30 PM
Dark night
|
3 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 35% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:16 PM
Set: 11:14 PM
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4 Saturday
First Quarter
10:29 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 2:19 PM
Set: –
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5 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 3:18 PM
Set: 12:06 AM
|
6 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:12 PM
Set: 1:05 AM
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7 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:00 PM
Set: 2:11 AM
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8 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:42 PM
Set: 3:22 AM
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9 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:21 PM
Set: 4:36 AM
|
10 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:56 PM
Set: 5:50 AM
|
11 Saturday
Full Moon
1:04 PM
Harvest Moon Supermoon
Mid-Autumn Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:30 PM
Set: 7:03 AM
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12 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:03 PM
Set: 8:16 AM
|
13 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:38 PM
Set: 9:27 AM
|
14 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:15 PM
Set: 10:35 AM
|
15 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 9:55 PM
Set: 11:41 AM
|
16 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:39 PM
Set: 12:43 PM
|
17 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:27 PM
Set: 1:40 PM
|
18 Saturday
Last Quarter
7:04 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:31 PM
|
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19 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 43% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:19 AM
Set: 3:16 PM
|
20 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 34% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:13 AM
Set: 3:55 PM
|
21 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 25% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:09 AM
Set: 4:30 PM
|
22 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:06 AM
Set: 5:01 PM
|
23 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:04 AM
Set: 5:30 PM
Dark night
|
24 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:01 AM
Set: 5:58 PM
Dark night
|
25 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:00 AM
Set: 6:25 PM
Dark night
|
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26 Sunday
New Moon
10:05 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:59 AM
Set: 6:53 PM
Dark night
|
27 Monday
Waxing crescent
Rosh Hashanah
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:00 AM
Set: 7:22 PM
Dark night
|
28 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1472 AH
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:02 AM
Set: 7:55 PM
Dark night
|
29 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:06 AM
Set: 8:31 PM
Dark night
|
30 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 13% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 11:10 AM
Set: 9:14 PM
Dark night
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1 Friday
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2 Saturday
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