Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Wednesday, September 4 8:24 AM
  • New Moon Tuesday, September 10 10:48 PM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, September 18 2:54 AM
  • Full Moon Thursday, September 26 6:35 AM Harvest Moon

Also in September

  • Eid al-Fitr Thursday, September 12 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Rosh Hashanah Thursday, September 12 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Yom Kippur Saturday, September 21 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Mid-Autumn Festival Wednesday, September 25 Chinese calendar
  • Partial lunar eclipse Thursday, September 26, 6:45 AM partly visible from Columbus
  • Sukkot Thursday, September 26 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 8–16.

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).

August September 1912 October
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 9:14 PM
Set: 10:41 AM
2 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 69% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 9:44 PM
Set: 11:49 AM
3 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 59% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 10:20 PM
Set: 1:00 PM
4 Wednesday
Last Quarter
8:24 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 11:07 PM
Set: 2:11 PM
5 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: –
Set: 3:19 PM
6 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 12:06 AM
Set: 4:19 PM
7 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 1:17 AM
Set: 5:09 PM
8 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 2:36 AM
Set: 5:49 PM
Dark night
9 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 3:57 AM
Set: 6:22 PM
Dark night
10 Tuesday
New Moon
10:48 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:17 AM
Set: 6:50 PM
Dark night
11 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:34 AM
Set: 7:15 PM
Dark night
12 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr
Rosh Hashanah
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:49 AM
Set: 7:39 PM
Dark night
13 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:02 AM
Set: 8:05 PM
Dark night
14 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:14 AM
Set: 8:32 PM
Dark night
15 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:25 AM
Set: 9:04 PM
Dark night
16 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 34% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:34 PM
Set: 9:41 PM
Dark night
17 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 44% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:39 PM
Set: 10:25 PM
18 Wednesday
First Quarter
2:54 AM
Visible: 54% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:36 PM
Set: 11:16 PM
19 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:26 PM
Set: –
20 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 72% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:07 PM
Set: 12:13 AM
21 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Yom Kippur
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:40 PM
Set: 1:15 AM
22 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:08 PM
Set: 2:17 AM
23 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:32 PM
Set: 3:20 AM
24 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:54 PM
Set: 4:22 AM
25 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Mid-Autumn Festival
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:14 PM
Set: 5:23 AM
26 Thursday
Full Moon
6:35 AM
Harvest Moon
Partial lunar eclipse
Sukkot
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:34 PM
Set: 6:25 AM
27 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:55 PM
Set: 7:28 AM
28 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:19 PM
Set: 8:33 AM
29 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 7:46 PM
Set: 9:41 AM
30 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 8:21 PM
Set: 10:51 AM
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday