Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Sunday, September 7 8:06 AM
  • Full Moon Monday, September 15 7:46 AM Harvest MoonMicromoon
  • Last Quarter Tuesday, September 23 7:30 AM
  • New Moon Monday, September 29 11:56 PM

Also in September

  • Eid al-Fitr Tuesday, September 2 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Total lunar eclipse Monday, September 15, 7:48 AM partly visible from Columbus
  • Mid-Autumn Festival Monday, September 15 Chinese calendar
  • Partial solar eclipse Monday, September 29, 11:45 PM not visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: September 1–5, September 27–30.

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
31 Sunday
1 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:49 AM
Set: 7:38 PM
Dark night
2 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:07 AM
Set: 8:03 PM
Dark night
3 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:24 AM
Set: 8:29 PM
Dark night
4 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:40 AM
Set: 8:59 PM
Dark night
5 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 30% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:57 AM
Set: 9:33 PM
Dark night
6 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:10 PM
Set: 10:13 PM
7 Sunday
First Quarter
8:06 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:18 PM
Set: 11:02 PM
8 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 62% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:18 PM
Set: 11:59 PM
9 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 72% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:08 PM
Set: –
10 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:48 PM
Set: 1:00 AM
11 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:20 PM
Set: 2:05 AM
12 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:46 PM
Set: 3:09 AM
13 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:09 PM
Set: 4:12 AM
14 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:29 PM
Set: 5:13 AM
15 Monday
Full Moon
7:46 AM
Harvest Moon
Micromoon
Total lunar eclipse
Mid-Autumn Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:48 PM
Set: 6:12 AM
16 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:07 PM
Set: 7:11 AM
17 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:27 PM
Set: 8:11 AM
18 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 7:49 PM
Set: 9:12 AM
19 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 85% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 8:15 PM
Set: 10:15 AM
20 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 77% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 8:46 PM
Set: 11:20 AM
21 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 68% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 9:25 PM
Set: 12:25 PM
22 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 58% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 10:15 PM
Set: 1:30 PM
23 Tuesday
Last Quarter
7:30 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 11:15 PM
Set: 2:29 PM
24 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: –
Set: 3:20 PM
25 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 12:25 AM
Set: 4:03 PM
26 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 1:41 AM
Set: 4:39 PM
27 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:00 AM
Set: 5:09 PM
Dark night
28 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:19 AM
Set: 5:36 PM
Dark night
29 Monday
New Moon
11:56 PM
Partial solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:37 AM
Set: 6:01 PM
Dark night
30 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:55 AM
Set: 6:27 PM
Dark night
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday