Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Friday, October 1 4:45 AM
  • New Moon Friday, October 8 4:40 PM
  • First Quarter Friday, October 15 8:51 AM
  • Full Moon Friday, October 22 7:15 PM Hunter's Moon
  • Last Quarter Saturday, October 30 11:40 PM

Also in October

  • Eid al-Adha Tuesday, October 19 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 97% lit, 0 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 5–12.

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 1915 November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26 Sunday
27 Monday
28 Tuesday
29 Wednesday
30 Thursday
1 Friday
Last Quarter
4:45 AM
Visible: 47% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 11:35 PM
Set: 2:22 PM
2 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 38% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: –
Set: 3:00 PM
3 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 12:38 AM
Set: 3:32 PM
4 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 1:43 AM
Set: 4:00 PM
5 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 2:49 AM
Set: 4:25 PM
Dark night
6 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 3:57 AM
Set: 4:50 PM
Dark night
7 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:05 AM
Set: 5:14 PM
Dark night
8 Friday
New Moon
4:40 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:17 AM
Set: 5:40 PM
Dark night
9 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:31 AM
Set: 6:10 PM
Dark night
10 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:47 AM
Set: 6:45 PM
Dark night
11 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:05 AM
Set: 7:28 PM
Dark night
12 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:20 AM
Set: 8:22 PM
Dark night
13 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 29% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:28 PM
Set: 9:25 PM
14 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 40% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:24 PM
Set: 10:35 PM
15 Friday
First Quarter
8:51 AM
Visible: 51% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:09 PM
Set: 11:48 PM
16 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 62% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:45 PM
Set: –
17 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:15 PM
Set: 1:01 AM
18 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:41 PM
Set: 2:10 AM
19 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:04 PM
Set: 3:17 AM
20 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Orionids meteor shower
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:27 PM
Set: 4:22 AM
21 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:50 PM
Set: 5:26 AM
22 Friday
Full Moon
7:15 PM
Hunter's Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:14 PM
Set: 6:30 AM
23 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 5:42 PM
Set: 7:34 AM
24 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 6:14 PM
Set: 8:37 AM
25 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 6:52 PM
Set: 9:39 AM
26 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 7:36 PM
Set: 10:37 AM
27 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 8:27 PM
Set: 11:30 AM
28 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 9:24 PM
Set: 12:17 PM
29 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:25 PM
Set: 12:56 PM
30 Saturday
Last Quarter
11:40 PM
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:28 PM
Set: 1:30 PM
31 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 45% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 1:59 PM
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
4 Thursday
5 Friday
6 Saturday