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
- Last Quarter Friday, September 2 9:59 PM
- New Moon Friday, September 9 3:43 PM
- First Quarter Friday, September 16 10:13 AM
- Full Moon Saturday, September 24 12:51 PM Harvest MoonMicromoon
Also in September
- Total solar eclipse Friday, September 9, 3:44 PM not visible from Columbus
- Rosh Hashanah Saturday, September 10 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
- Yom Kippur Monday, September 19 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
- Penumbral lunar eclipse Saturday, September 24, 12:35 PM not visible from Columbus
- Mid-Autumn Festival Saturday, September 24 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 6–13.
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 gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:44 PM
Set: 12:01 PM
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2 Friday
Last Quarter
9:59 PM
Visible: 54% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:27 PM
Set: 12:59 PM
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3 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 1:57 PM
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4 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:15 AM
Set: 2:54 PM
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5 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:10 AM
Set: 3:48 PM
|
6 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:12 AM
Set: 4:39 PM
Dark night
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7 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 3:19 AM
Set: 5:26 PM
Dark night
|
8 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 4:30 AM
Set: 6:09 PM
Dark night
|
9 Friday
New Moon
3:43 PM
Total solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:44 AM
Set: 6:50 PM
Dark night
|
10 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Rosh Hashanah
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:57 AM
Set: 7:29 PM
Dark night
|
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11 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:10 AM
Set: 8:08 PM
Dark night
|
12 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:22 AM
Set: 8:47 PM
Dark night
|
13 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:31 AM
Set: 9:28 PM
Dark night
|
14 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 30% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:36 AM
Set: 10:11 PM
|
15 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 40% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:38 PM
Set: 10:58 PM
|
16 Friday
First Quarter
10:13 AM
Visible: 51% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:35 PM
Set: 11:47 PM
|
17 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 61% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:26 PM
Set: –
|
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18 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:12 PM
Set: 12:38 AM
|
19 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Yom Kippur
Visible: 79% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:53 PM
Set: 1:32 AM
|
20 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:31 PM
Set: 2:26 AM
|
21 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:04 PM
Set: 3:22 AM
|
22 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:36 PM
Set: 4:17 AM
|
23 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:06 PM
Set: 5:13 AM
|
24 Saturday
Full Moon
12:51 PM
Harvest Moon Micromoon
Penumbral lunar eclipse Mid-Autumn Festival Sukkot
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:35 PM
Set: 6:08 AM
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25 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:05 PM
Set: 7:04 AM
|
26 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:36 PM
Set: 8:01 AM
|
27 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:08 PM
Set: 8:58 AM
|
28 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 8:44 PM
Set: 9:55 AM
|
29 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 9:25 PM
Set: 10:53 AM
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30 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 69% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:10 PM
Set: 11:50 AM
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1 Saturday
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