Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Saturday, October 4 7:03 PM
  • New Moon Saturday, October 11 4:55 PM
  • First Quarter Sunday, October 19 12:56 PM
  • Full Moon Monday, October 27 6:40 AM Hunter's Moon

Also in October

  • Orionids meteor shower peak on the night of October 21–22 up to 20 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 69% lit, 4 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 8–15.

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 2053 November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:56 PM
Set: 11:15 AM
2 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:44 PM
Set: 12:19 PM
3 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:38 PM
Set: 1:21 PM
4 Saturday
Last Quarter
7:03 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:19 PM
5 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 42% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:37 AM
Set: 3:13 PM
6 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 31% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:41 AM
Set: 4:01 PM
7 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 21% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:47 AM
Set: 4:44 PM
8 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:55 AM
Set: 5:23 PM
Dark night
9 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:03 AM
Set: 5:59 PM
Dark night
10 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:09 AM
Set: 6:34 PM
Dark night
11 Saturday
New Moon
4:55 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:15 AM
Set: 7:09 PM
Dark night
12 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:19 AM
Set: 7:44 PM
Dark night
13 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:22 AM
Set: 8:21 PM
Dark night
14 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:22 AM
Set: 8:59 PM
Dark night
15 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 11:19 AM
Set: 9:41 PM
Dark night
16 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 12:14 PM
Set: 10:25 PM
17 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:04 PM
Set: 11:13 PM
18 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 40% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:50 PM
Set: –
19 Sunday
First Quarter
12:56 PM
Visible: 50% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:32 PM
Set: 12:03 AM
20 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 59% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:10 PM
Set: 12:56 AM
21 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Orionids meteor shower
Visible: 68% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:46 PM
Set: 1:50 AM
22 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:20 PM
Set: 2:47 AM
23 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:52 PM
Set: 3:45 AM
24 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:24 PM
Set: 4:45 AM
25 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:57 PM
Set: 5:47 AM
26 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:32 PM
Set: 6:50 AM
27 Monday
Full Moon
6:40 AM
Hunter's Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:10 PM
Set: 7:56 AM
28 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:52 PM
Set: 9:02 AM
29 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:39 PM
Set: 10:09 AM
30 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:32 PM
Set: 11:14 AM
31 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:31 PM
Set: 12:15 PM
1 Saturday