Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Tuesday, November 6 7:37 PM
  • New Moon Tuesday, November 13 5:08 PM
  • First Quarter Tuesday, November 20 9:33 AM
  • Full Moon Wednesday, November 28 9:47 AM Beaver MoonMicromoon

Also in November

  • Total solar eclipse Tuesday, November 13, 5:12 PM not visible from Columbus
  • Diwali Tuesday, November 13 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Islamic New Year 1434 AH Thursday, November 15 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Leonids meteor shower peak on the night of November 16–17 up to 15 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 17% lit, 10 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse Wednesday, November 28, 9:33 AM partly visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: November 10–16.

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).

October November 2012 December
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
31 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:25 PM
Set: 10:33 AM
2 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:14 PM
Set: 11:22 AM
3 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:07 PM
Set: 12:07 PM
4 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:03 PM
Set: 11:48 AM
5 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:01 PM
Set: 12:25 PM
6 Tuesday
Last Quarter
7:37 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 12:59 PM
7 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 43% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:02 AM
Set: 1:30 PM
8 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:04 AM
Set: 2:01 PM
9 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:09 AM
Set: 2:32 PM
10 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:16 AM
Set: 3:05 PM
Dark night
11 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:26 AM
Set: 3:41 PM
Dark night
12 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:39 AM
Set: 4:22 PM
Dark night
13 Tuesday
New Moon
5:08 PM
Total solar eclipse
Diwali
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:53 AM
Set: 5:09 PM
Dark night
14 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:05 AM
Set: 6:05 PM
Dark night
15 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1434 AH
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:13 AM
Set: 7:07 PM
Dark night
16 Friday
Waxing crescent
Leonids meteor shower
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:13 AM
Set: 8:14 PM
Dark night
17 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:04 AM
Set: 9:23 PM
18 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 30% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:47 AM
Set: 10:32 PM
19 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 40% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:24 PM
Set: 11:38 PM
20 Tuesday
First Quarter
9:33 AM
Visible: 51% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:56 PM
Set: –
21 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 61% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:26 PM
Set: 12:42 AM
22 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 71% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:55 PM
Set: 1:44 AM
23 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 79% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:24 PM
Set: 2:44 AM
24 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:53 PM
Set: 3:43 AM
25 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:25 PM
Set: 4:41 AM
26 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:00 PM
Set: 5:39 AM
27 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:39 PM
Set: 6:35 AM
28 Wednesday
Full Moon
9:47 AM
Beaver Moon
Micromoon
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:22 PM
Set: 7:28 AM
29 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:10 PM
Set: 8:19 AM
30 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:02 PM
Set: 9:05 AM
1 Saturday