Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Wednesday, September 3 12:59 PM
  • New Moon Thursday, September 11 3:55 PM
  • First Quarter Thursday, September 18 10:25 PM
  • Full Moon Thursday, September 25 4:20 PM Harvest Moon

Also in September

  • Annular solar eclipse Thursday, September 11, 4:00 PM visible from Columbus as a partial eclipse, 0.7% of the Sun covered
  • Rosh Hashanah Saturday, September 13 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Yom Kippur Monday, September 22 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse Thursday, September 25, 4:10 PM not visible from Columbus
  • Mid-Autumn Festival Friday, September 26 Chinese calendar
  • Sukkot Saturday, September 27 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 8–17.

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 1969 October
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
31 Sunday
1 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:37 PM
Set: 12:52 PM
2 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 60% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:12 PM
Set: 1:59 PM
3 Wednesday
Last Quarter
12:59 PM
Visible: 50% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 11:53 PM
Set: 3:03 PM
4 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 41% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: –
Set: 4:00 PM
5 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 32% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:42 AM
Set: 4:51 PM
6 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:37 AM
Set: 5:34 PM
7 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:38 AM
Set: 6:09 PM
8 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:40 AM
Set: 6:38 PM
Dark night
9 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:44 AM
Set: 7:04 PM
Dark night
10 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:48 AM
Set: 7:26 PM
Dark night
11 Thursday
New Moon
3:55 PM
Annular solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:51 AM
Set: 7:47 PM
Dark night
12 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:55 AM
Set: 8:08 PM
Dark night
13 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Rosh Hashanah
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:59 AM
Set: 8:29 PM
Dark night
14 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:06 AM
Set: 8:53 PM
Dark night
15 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 11:16 AM
Set: 9:21 PM
Dark night
16 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 12:29 PM
Set: 9:56 PM
Dark night
17 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 34% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:42 PM
Set: 10:40 PM
Dark night
18 Thursday
First Quarter
10:25 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 2:53 PM
Set: 11:35 PM
19 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 3:55 PM
Set: –
20 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 68% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:47 PM
Set: 12:42 AM
21 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:29 PM
Set: 1:57 AM
22 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Yom Kippur
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 6:03 PM
Set: 3:16 AM
23 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:31 PM
Set: 4:33 AM
24 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:55 PM
Set: 5:49 AM
25 Thursday
Full Moon
4:20 PM
Harvest Moon
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:19 PM
Set: 7:01 AM
26 Friday
Waning gibbous
Mid-Autumn Festival
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:42 PM
Set: 8:13 AM
27 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Sukkot
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:07 PM
Set: 9:23 AM
28 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:35 PM
Set: 10:33 AM
29 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:08 PM
Set: 11:42 AM
30 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 9:47 PM
Set: 12:48 PM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday