Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Friday, September 5 1:07 PM
  • New Moon Friday, September 12 5:37 AM
  • First Quarter Friday, September 19 5:31 PM
  • Full Moon Saturday, September 27 5:53 PM Harvest Moon

Also in September

  • Total solar eclipse Friday, September 12, 5:32 AM not visible from Columbus
  • Rosh Hashanah Saturday, September 13 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Yom Kippur Monday, September 22 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Mid-Autumn Festival Friday, September 26 Chinese calendar
  • Sukkot Saturday, September 27 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 9–16.

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 2053 October
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
31 Sunday
1 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:59 PM
Set: 10:12 AM
2 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:35 PM
Set: 11:14 AM
3 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:14 PM
Set: 12:18 PM
4 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 62% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:58 PM
Set: 1:22 PM
5 Friday
Last Quarter
1:07 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:25 PM
6 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:47 AM
Set: 3:26 PM
7 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:44 AM
Set: 4:24 PM
8 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:46 AM
Set: 5:17 PM
9 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:52 AM
Set: 6:05 PM
Dark night
10 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:01 AM
Set: 6:47 PM
Dark night
11 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:11 AM
Set: 7:27 PM
Dark night
12 Friday
New Moon
5:37 AM
Total solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:20 AM
Set: 8:03 PM
Dark night
13 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Rosh Hashanah
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:27 AM
Set: 8:38 PM
Dark night
14 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:33 AM
Set: 9:13 PM
Dark night
15 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 13% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:36 AM
Set: 9:49 PM
Dark night
16 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:37 AM
Set: 10:26 PM
Dark night
17 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 29% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:35 PM
Set: 11:05 PM
18 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 38% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:31 PM
Set: 11:48 PM
19 Friday
First Quarter
5:31 PM
Visible: 48% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:22 PM
Set: –
20 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 57% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:11 PM
Set: 12:33 AM
21 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 66% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:55 PM
Set: 1:21 AM
22 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Yom Kippur
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:36 PM
Set: 2:13 AM
23 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:13 PM
Set: 3:06 AM
24 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:48 PM
Set: 4:02 AM
25 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:21 PM
Set: 5:00 AM
26 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Mid-Autumn Festival
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:54 PM
Set: 5:59 AM
27 Saturday
Full Moon
5:53 PM
Harvest Moon
Sukkot
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:26 PM
Set: 7:00 AM
28 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:00 PM
Set: 8:02 AM
29 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:35 PM
Set: 9:05 AM
30 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:13 PM
Set: 10:10 AM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday