Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Sunday, October 1 7:36 PM
  • New Moon Sunday, October 8 11:02 PM
  • First Quarter Sunday, October 15 2:01 PM
  • Full Moon Monday, October 23 7:49 AM Hunter's Moon
  • Last Quarter Tuesday, October 31 12:14 PM

Also in October

  • Orionids meteor shower peak on the night of October 20–21 up to 20 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 96% 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 5–12.

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 2056 November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Last Quarter
7:36 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:37 PM
2 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 43% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:17 AM
Set: 3:28 PM
3 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:11 AM
Set: 4:14 PM
4 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 24% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:11 AM
Set: 4:56 PM
5 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:16 AM
Set: 5:34 PM
Dark night
6 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:24 AM
Set: 6:09 PM
Dark night
7 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:34 AM
Set: 6:42 PM
Dark night
8 Sunday
New Moon
11:02 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:47 AM
Set: 7:15 PM
Dark night
9 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:01 AM
Set: 7:48 PM
Dark night
10 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:15 AM
Set: 8:24 PM
Dark night
11 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:31 AM
Set: 9:04 PM
Dark night
12 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:45 AM
Set: 9:49 PM
Dark night
13 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:55 PM
Set: 10:40 PM
14 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 38% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:59 PM
Set: 11:37 PM
15 Sunday
First Quarter
2:01 PM
Visible: 49% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:54 PM
Set: –
16 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:41 PM
Set: 12:39 AM
17 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:21 PM
Set: 1:42 AM
18 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 79% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:56 PM
Set: 2:46 AM
19 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:26 PM
Set: 3:49 AM
20 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Orionids meteor shower
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:53 PM
Set: 4:50 AM
21 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:19 PM
Set: 5:50 AM
22 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:45 PM
Set: 6:49 AM
23 Monday
Full Moon
7:49 AM
Hunter's Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:12 PM
Set: 7:47 AM
24 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:40 PM
Set: 8:45 AM
25 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:11 PM
Set: 9:43 AM
26 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:45 PM
Set: 10:41 AM
27 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 85% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:25 PM
Set: 11:37 AM
28 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:10 PM
Set: 12:32 PM
29 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 69% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:01 PM
Set: 1:23 PM
30 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 60% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:57 PM
Set: 2:10 PM
31 Tuesday
Last Quarter
12:14 PM
Visible: 50% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:52 PM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday