Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Friday, October 6 12:28 AM
  • New Moon Thursday, October 12 3:30 PM
  • First Quarter Thursday, October 19 10:24 PM
  • Full Moon Saturday, October 28 1:43 AM Hunter's Moon

Also in October

  • Total solar eclipse Thursday, October 12, 3:40 PM not visible from Columbus
  • Ramadan begins Saturday, October 14 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 63% lit, 5 of 10 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Partial lunar eclipse Saturday, October 28, 1:36 AM visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: October 9–16.

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).

September October 1939 November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:00 PM
Set: 9:20 AM
2 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 8:42 PM
Set: 10:19 AM
3 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 9:29 PM
Set: 11:17 AM
4 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:23 PM
Set: 12:13 PM
5 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 56% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:22 PM
Set: 1:06 PM
6 Friday
Last Quarter
12:28 AM
Visible: 45% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 1:55 PM
7 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:26 AM
Set: 2:39 PM
8 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:34 AM
Set: 3:21 PM
9 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:44 AM
Set: 4:00 PM
Dark night
10 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 3:56 AM
Set: 4:37 PM
Dark night
11 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:08 AM
Set: 5:14 PM
Dark night
12 Thursday
New Moon
3:30 PM
Total solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:20 AM
Set: 5:52 PM
Dark night
13 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:31 AM
Set: 6:33 PM
Dark night
14 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Ramadan begins
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:39 AM
Set: 7:16 PM
Dark night
15 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:45 AM
Set: 8:02 PM
Dark night
16 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:45 AM
Set: 8:53 PM
Dark night
17 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:39 AM
Set: 9:45 PM
18 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:27 PM
Set: 10:40 PM
19 Thursday
First Quarter
10:24 PM
Visible: 46% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:09 PM
Set: 11:36 PM
20 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Orionids meteor shower
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:47 PM
Set: –
21 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:20 PM
Set: 12:32 AM
22 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:51 PM
Set: 1:28 AM
23 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:21 PM
Set: 2:23 AM
24 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:50 PM
Set: 3:19 AM
25 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:19 PM
Set: 4:16 AM
26 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:50 PM
Set: 5:14 AM
27 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:23 PM
Set: 6:12 AM
28 Saturday
Full Moon
1:43 AM
Hunter's Moon
Partial lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 5:59 PM
Set: 7:12 AM
29 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 6:40 PM
Set: 8:12 AM
30 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 7:26 PM
Set: 9:11 AM
31 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 8:19 PM
Set: 10:09 AM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday