Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Friday, October 7 12:33 PM
  • New Moon Saturday, October 15 4:49 PM
  • First Quarter Sunday, October 23 8:11 AM
  • Full Moon Saturday, October 29 11:16 PM Hunter's MoonSupermoon

Also in October

  • Sukkot Saturday, October 1 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 33% lit, 7 of 10 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Total lunar eclipse Saturday, October 29, 11:20 PM visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: October 11–20.

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 2050 November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
25 Sunday
26 Monday
27 Tuesday
28 Wednesday
29 Thursday
30 Friday
1 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Sukkot
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:47 PM
Set: 8:31 AM
2 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:29 PM
Set: 9:44 AM
3 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:16 PM
Set: 10:54 AM
4 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:06 PM
Set: 11:59 AM
5 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:00 PM
Set: 12:57 PM
6 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 60% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:56 PM
Set: 1:48 PM
7 Friday
Last Quarter
12:33 PM
Visible: 50% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:33 PM
8 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 40% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:53 AM
Set: 3:12 PM
9 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 31% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:50 AM
Set: 3:47 PM
10 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:47 AM
Set: 4:18 PM
11 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:44 AM
Set: 4:47 PM
Dark night
12 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:40 AM
Set: 5:15 PM
Dark night
13 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:36 AM
Set: 5:43 PM
Dark night
14 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:32 AM
Set: 6:11 PM
Dark night
15 Saturday
New Moon
4:49 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:30 AM
Set: 6:42 PM
Dark night
16 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:27 AM
Set: 7:15 PM
Dark night
17 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:25 AM
Set: 7:52 PM
Dark night
18 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:23 AM
Set: 8:34 PM
Dark night
19 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 11:20 AM
Set: 9:21 PM
Dark night
20 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 21% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 12:14 PM
Set: 10:14 PM
Dark night
21 Friday
Waxing crescent
Orionids meteor shower
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:04 PM
Set: 11:13 PM
22 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:50 PM
Set: –
23 Sunday
First Quarter
8:11 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:32 PM
Set: 12:16 AM
24 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:11 PM
Set: 1:22 AM
25 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 74% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:48 PM
Set: 2:30 AM
26 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:24 PM
Set: 3:41 AM
27 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:00 PM
Set: 4:52 AM
28 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:37 PM
Set: 6:05 AM
29 Saturday
Full Moon
11:16 PM
Hunter's Moon
Supermoon
Total lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:18 PM
Set: 7:18 AM
30 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:03 PM
Set: 8:29 AM
31 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:52 PM
Set: 9:38 AM
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday