The Moon Today
Tonight is a dark night for stargazing: no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness.
Dates and Times of the Phases
- New Moon Thursday, September 8 2:10 PM
- First Quarter Friday, September 16 6:22 AM
- Full Moon Thursday, September 22 8:56 PM Harvest MoonSupermoon
- Last Quarter Friday, September 30 2:02 AM
Also in September
- Rosh Hashanah Saturday, September 10 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
- Yom Kippur Monday, September 19 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
- Mid-Autumn Festival Friday, September 23 Chinese calendar
- Sukkot Saturday, September 24 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 4–14.
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).
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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28 Sunday
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29 Monday
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30 Tuesday
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31 Wednesday
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1 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:26 AM
Set: 3:41 PM
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2 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:19 AM
Set: 4:27 PM
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3 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:14 AM
Set: 5:06 PM
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4 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:11 AM
Set: 5:40 PM
Dark night
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5 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:09 AM
Set: 6:11 PM
Dark night
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6 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:07 AM
Set: 6:38 PM
Dark night
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7 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:05 AM
Set: 7:04 PM
Dark night
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8 Thursday
New Moon
2:10 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:03 AM
Set: 7:30 PM
Dark night
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9 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:01 AM
Set: 7:55 PM
Dark night
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10 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Rosh Hashanah
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:01 AM
Set: 8:23 PM
Dark night
|
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11 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:01 AM
Set: 8:52 PM
Dark night
|
12 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 11:03 AM
Set: 9:26 PM
Dark night
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13 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 12:06 PM
Set: 10:05 PM
Dark night
|
14 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:08 PM
Set: 10:51 PM
Dark night
|
15 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 42% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 2:08 PM
Set: 11:45 PM
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16 Friday
First Quarter
6:22 AM
Visible: 53% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 3:04 PM
Set: –
|
17 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 64% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:54 PM
Set: 12:47 AM
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18 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:39 PM
Set: 1:55 AM
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19 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Yom Kippur
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:18 PM
Set: 3:07 AM
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20 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:54 PM
Set: 4:21 AM
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21 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:27 PM
Set: 5:35 AM
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22 Thursday
Full Moon
8:56 PM
Harvest Moon Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:00 PM
Set: 6:50 AM
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23 Friday
Waning gibbous
Mid-Autumn Festival
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:34 PM
Set: 8:03 AM
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24 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Sukkot
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:09 PM
Set: 9:16 AM
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25 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:48 PM
Set: 10:27 AM
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26 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:32 PM
Set: 11:34 AM
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27 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:19 PM
Set: 12:36 PM
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28 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:12 PM
Set: 1:32 PM
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29 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 56% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:21 PM
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30 Friday
Last Quarter
2:02 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:07 AM
Set: 3:03 PM
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1 Saturday
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