Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Wednesday, September 6 4:25 PM
  • New Moon Wednesday, September 13 7:22 AM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, September 20 6:34 AM
  • Full Moon Thursday, September 28 9:28 AM Harvest Moon

Also in September

  • Rosh Hashanah Thursday, September 14 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Yom Kippur Saturday, September 23 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Mid-Autumn Festival Wednesday, September 27 Chinese calendar
  • Sukkot Thursday, September 28 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: September 10–17.

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).

August September 1939 October
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
31 Thursday
1 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:15 PM
Set: 9:31 AM
2 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:46 PM
Set: 10:28 AM
3 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:20 PM
Set: 11:27 AM
4 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:59 PM
Set: 12:25 PM
5 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 62% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:42 PM
Set: 1:24 PM
6 Wednesday
Last Quarter
4:25 PM
Visible: 52% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:23 PM
7 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 41% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:33 AM
Set: 3:19 PM
8 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:30 AM
Set: 4:12 PM
9 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:33 AM
Set: 5:01 PM
10 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:41 AM
Set: 5:46 PM
Dark night
11 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:53 AM
Set: 6:27 PM
Dark night
12 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:07 AM
Set: 7:06 PM
Dark night
13 Wednesday
New Moon
7:22 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:20 AM
Set: 7:44 PM
Dark night
14 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Rosh Hashanah
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:34 AM
Set: 8:22 PM
Dark night
15 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:45 AM
Set: 9:01 PM
Dark night
16 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:54 AM
Set: 9:42 PM
Dark night
17 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 12:00 PM
Set: 10:26 PM
Dark night
18 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 32% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:01 PM
Set: 11:12 PM
19 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 42% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:57 PM
Set: –
20 Wednesday
First Quarter
6:34 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:48 PM
Set: 12:02 AM
21 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 62% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:32 PM
Set: 12:55 AM
22 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 71% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:12 PM
Set: 1:49 AM
23 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Yom Kippur
Visible: 79% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:48 PM
Set: 2:44 AM
24 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:20 PM
Set: 2:40 AM
25 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:50 PM
Set: 3:36 AM
26 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:19 PM
Set: 4:32 AM
27 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Mid-Autumn Festival
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:48 PM
Set: 5:28 AM
28 Thursday
Full Moon
9:28 AM
Harvest Moon
Sukkot
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:18 PM
Set: 6:25 AM
29 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:49 PM
Set: 7:22 AM
30 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:22 PM
Set: 8:21 AM