Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Wednesday, October 5 11:00 PM
  • New Moon Thursday, October 13 6:43 AM
  • First Quarter Friday, October 21 10:26 AM
  • Full Moon Friday, October 28 4:14 PM Hunter's MoonSupermoon

Also in October

  • Annular solar eclipse Thursday, October 13, 6:30 AM not visible from Columbus
  • Orionids meteor shower peak on the night of October 21–22 up to 20 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 51% lit, 6 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 9–18.

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 2061 November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
25 Sunday
26 Monday
27 Tuesday
28 Wednesday
29 Thursday
30 Friday
1 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:25 PM
Set: 10:05 AM
2 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:01 PM
Set: 11:23 AM
3 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 77% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 9:47 PM
Set: 12:41 PM
4 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 67% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:43 PM
Set: 1:55 PM
5 Wednesday
Last Quarter
11:00 PM
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:49 PM
Set: 2:58 PM
6 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 3:50 PM
7 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:01 AM
Set: 4:31 PM
8 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:15 AM
Set: 5:04 PM
9 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:27 AM
Set: 5:30 PM
Dark night
10 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:36 AM
Set: 5:53 PM
Dark night
11 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:42 AM
Set: 6:15 PM
Dark night
12 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:47 AM
Set: 6:36 PM
Dark night
13 Thursday
New Moon
6:43 AM
Annular solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:50 AM
Set: 6:57 PM
Dark night
14 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:54 AM
Set: 7:21 PM
Dark night
15 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:58 AM
Set: 7:48 PM
Dark night
16 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 10% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 11:02 AM
Set: 8:20 PM
Dark night
17 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 12:04 PM
Set: 8:58 PM
Dark night
18 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 1:03 PM
Set: 9:44 PM
Dark night
19 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 32% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:55 PM
Set: 10:37 PM
20 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 2:41 PM
Set: 11:37 PM
21 Friday
First Quarter
10:26 AM
Orionids meteor shower
Visible: 51% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 3:19 PM
Set: –
22 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:51 PM
Set: 12:40 AM
23 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:18 PM
Set: 1:47 AM
24 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 79% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:43 PM
Set: 2:54 AM
25 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:06 PM
Set: 4:02 AM
26 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:29 PM
Set: 5:12 AM
27 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:54 PM
Set: 6:24 AM
28 Friday
Full Moon
4:14 PM
Hunter's Moon
Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:22 PM
Set: 7:39 AM
29 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:56 PM
Set: 8:59 AM
30 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:39 PM
Set: 10:20 AM
31 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:33 PM
Set: 11:39 AM
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday