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, November 1 10:38 PM
- New Moon Friday, November 8 9:05 PM
- First Quarter Saturday, November 16 5:44 PM
- Full Moon Sunday, November 24 11:13 AM Beaver Moon
Also in November
- Diwali Friday, November 8 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
- Leonids meteor shower peak on the night of November 16–17 up to 15 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 48% lit, 6 of 11 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
- Eid al-Adha Tuesday, November 19 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: November 5–13.
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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27 Sunday
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28 Monday
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29 Tuesday
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30 Wednesday
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31 Thursday
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1 Friday
Last Quarter
10:38 PM
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:23 PM
Set: 1:47 PM
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2 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:22 PM
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3 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:39 AM
Set: 2:52 PM
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4 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:53 AM
Set: 3:17 PM
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5 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:06 AM
Set: 3:41 PM
Dark night
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6 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:18 AM
Set: 4:05 PM
Dark night
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7 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:29 AM
Set: 4:29 PM
Dark night
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8 Friday
New Moon
9:05 PM
Diwali
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:41 AM
Set: 4:57 PM
Dark night
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9 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:53 AM
Set: 5:30 PM
Dark night
|
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10 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:04 AM
Set: 6:09 PM
Dark night
|
11 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:10 AM
Set: 6:55 PM
Dark night
|
12 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 11:08 AM
Set: 7:49 PM
Dark night
|
13 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 21% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:57 AM
Set: 8:49 PM
Dark night
|
14 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 29% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:37 PM
Set: 9:51 PM
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15 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 38% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:10 PM
Set: 10:54 PM
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16 Saturday
First Quarter
5:44 PM
Leonids meteor shower
Visible: 48% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:37 PM
Set: 11:56 PM
|
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17 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 57% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:00 PM
Set: –
|
18 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 66% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:21 PM
Set: 12:57 AM
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19 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:41 PM
Set: 1:58 AM
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20 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:01 PM
Set: 3:00 AM
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21 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:23 PM
Set: 4:03 AM
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22 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:48 PM
Set: 5:10 AM
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23 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:18 PM
Set: 6:20 AM
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24 Sunday
Full Moon
11:13 AM
Beaver Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 4:56 PM
Set: 7:33 AM
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25 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 5:45 PM
Set: 8:47 AM
|
26 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 6:45 PM
Set: 9:56 AM
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27 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 7:56 PM
Set: 10:57 AM
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28 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 9:12 PM
Set: 11:45 AM
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29 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:29 PM
Set: 12:24 PM
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30 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 59% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:44 PM
Set: 12:55 PM
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