Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Wednesday, October 7 7:30 AM
  • New Moon Thursday, October 15 5:21 AM
  • First Quarter Friday, October 23 7:54 AM
  • Full Moon Friday, October 30 12:59 AM Hunter's MoonSupermoon

Also in October

  • Sukkot Thursday, October 1 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Orionids meteor shower peak on the night of October 19–20 up to 20 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 23% lit, 9 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 11–20.

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 1936 November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Sukkot
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:27 PM
Set: 7:25 AM
2 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:07 PM
Set: 8:43 AM
3 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 7:54 PM
Set: 9:59 AM
4 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 8:47 PM
Set: 11:11 AM
5 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 9:47 PM
Set: 12:15 PM
6 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 59% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 10:51 PM
Set: 1:09 PM
7 Wednesday
Last Quarter
7:30 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 11:56 PM
Set: 1:55 PM
8 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 38% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:33 PM
9 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:00 AM
Set: 3:05 PM
10 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:03 AM
Set: 3:33 PM
11 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:04 AM
Set: 3:59 PM
Dark night
12 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:03 AM
Set: 4:23 PM
Dark night
13 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:02 AM
Set: 4:48 PM
Dark night
14 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:00 AM
Set: 5:13 PM
Dark night
15 Thursday
New Moon
5:21 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:59 AM
Set: 5:41 PM
Dark night
16 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:57 AM
Set: 6:12 PM
Dark night
17 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:56 AM
Set: 6:47 PM
Dark night
18 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:53 AM
Set: 7:28 PM
Dark night
19 Monday
Waxing crescent
Orionids meteor shower
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:47 AM
Set: 8:14 PM
Dark night
20 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:38 AM
Set: 9:07 PM
Dark night
21 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 32% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:23 PM
Set: 10:05 PM
22 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 42% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:04 PM
Set: 11:07 PM
23 Friday
First Quarter
7:54 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:41 PM
Set: –
24 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:14 PM
Set: 12:12 AM
25 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:45 PM
Set: 1:20 AM
26 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:15 PM
Set: 2:29 AM
27 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:46 PM
Set: 3:41 AM
28 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:19 PM
Set: 4:56 AM
29 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 4:57 PM
Set: 6:12 AM
30 Friday
Full Moon
12:59 AM
Hunter's Moon
Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 5:41 PM
Set: 7:30 AM
31 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 6:33 PM
Set: 8:46 AM