Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Wednesday, October 6 1:45 AM
  • New Moon Thursday, October 14 3:13 AM
  • First Quarter Friday, October 22 2:03 AM
  • Full Moon Thursday, October 28 5:07 PM Hunter's MoonSupermoon

Also in October

  • Eid al-Fitr Friday, October 15 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Orionids meteor shower peak on the night of October 20–21 up to 20 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 34% lit, 7 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 10–19.

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 1909 November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26 Sunday
27 Monday
28 Tuesday
29 Wednesday
30 Thursday
1 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 7:52 PM
Set: 8:51 AM
2 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 8:27 PM
Set: 10:08 AM
3 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 77% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 9:08 PM
Set: 11:23 AM
4 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 67% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 9:55 PM
Set: 12:33 PM
5 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 56% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 10:49 PM
Set: 1:36 PM
6 Wednesday
Last Quarter
1:45 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 11:48 PM
Set: 2:31 PM
7 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 36% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: –
Set: 3:16 PM
8 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 12:49 AM
Set: 3:54 PM
9 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 1:51 AM
Set: 4:25 PM
10 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 2:52 AM
Set: 4:52 PM
Dark night
11 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 3:52 AM
Set: 5:16 PM
Dark night
12 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 4:51 AM
Set: 5:38 PM
Dark night
13 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:49 AM
Set: 6:00 PM
Dark night
14 Thursday
New Moon
3:13 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:48 AM
Set: 6:23 PM
Dark night
15 Friday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:47 AM
Set: 6:46 PM
Dark night
16 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:47 AM
Set: 7:13 PM
Dark night
17 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 10% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:48 AM
Set: 7:44 PM
Dark night
18 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:50 AM
Set: 8:21 PM
Dark night
19 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:52 AM
Set: 9:05 PM
Dark night
20 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Orionids meteor shower
Visible: 34% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:50 PM
Set: 9:57 PM
21 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 44% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:43 PM
Set: 10:58 PM
22 Friday
First Quarter
2:03 AM
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:30 PM
Set: –
23 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:10 PM
Set: 12:06 AM
24 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:45 PM
Set: 1:18 AM
25 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:17 PM
Set: 2:32 AM
26 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:46 PM
Set: 3:48 AM
27 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:15 PM
Set: 5:04 AM
28 Thursday
Full Moon
5:07 PM
Hunter's Moon
Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:46 PM
Set: 6:21 AM
29 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:20 PM
Set: 7:39 AM
30 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 6:59 PM
Set: 8:57 AM
31 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 7:44 PM
Set: 10:13 AM
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
4 Thursday
5 Friday
6 Saturday