Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Sunday, October 4 12:59 AM Harvest Moon
  • Last Quarter Monday, October 12 4:34 AM
  • New Moon Monday, October 19 1:32 AM
  • First Quarter Sunday, October 25 5:43 PM

Also in October

  • Mid-Autumn Festival Sunday, October 4 Chinese calendar
  • Sukkot Monday, October 5 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Diwali Sunday, October 18 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Orionids meteor shower peak on the night of October 20–21 up to 20 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 5% lit, 10 of 10 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Eid al-Adha Friday, October 30 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: October 15–23.

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 1914 November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:08 PM
Set: 3:50 AM
2 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:28 PM
Set: 4:52 AM
3 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:48 PM
Set: 5:53 AM
4 Sunday
Full Moon
12:59 AM
Harvest Moon
Mid-Autumn Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:09 PM
Set: 6:53 AM
5 Monday
Waning gibbous
Sukkot
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 6:31 PM
Set: 7:53 AM
6 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 6:57 PM
Set: 8:55 AM
7 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 7:27 PM
Set: 9:57 AM
8 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 8:04 PM
Set: 10:59 AM
9 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 8:48 PM
Set: 11:59 AM
10 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 9:41 PM
Set: 12:54 PM
11 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 57% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 10:42 PM
Set: 1:42 PM
12 Monday
Last Quarter
4:34 AM
Visible: 47% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 11:49 PM
Set: 2:24 PM
13 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:59 PM
14 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 12:59 AM
Set: 3:29 PM
15 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:11 AM
Set: 3:56 PM
Dark night
16 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:25 AM
Set: 4:22 PM
Dark night
17 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:40 AM
Set: 4:47 PM
Dark night
18 Sunday
Waning crescent
Diwali
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:57 AM
Set: 5:14 PM
Dark night
19 Monday
New Moon
1:32 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:16 AM
Set: 5:45 PM
Dark night
20 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Orionids meteor shower
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:38 AM
Set: 6:23 PM
Dark night
21 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:00 AM
Set: 7:09 PM
Dark night
22 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 11:15 AM
Set: 8:05 PM
Dark night
23 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:20 PM
Set: 9:10 PM
Dark night
24 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 37% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:12 PM
Set: 10:20 PM
25 Sunday
First Quarter
5:43 PM
Visible: 47% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:53 PM
Set: 11:31 PM
26 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 58% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:25 PM
Set: –
27 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 68% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:51 PM
Set: 12:39 AM
28 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:14 PM
Set: 1:44 AM
29 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:34 PM
Set: 2:46 AM
30 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:54 PM
Set: 3:46 AM
31 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:14 PM
Set: 4:46 AM