Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Monday, October 7 1:05 AM
  • New Moon Monday, October 14 12:34 AM
  • First Quarter Sunday, October 20 4:14 PM
  • Full Moon Monday, October 28 12:39 PM Hunter's MoonMicromoon

Also in October

  • Orionids meteor shower peak on the night of October 20–21 up to 20 meteors an hour in a dark sky; Moon 55% lit, 6 of 10 dark hours without the Moon in Columbus
  • Total lunar eclipse Monday, October 28, 12:42 PM not visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: October 10–18.

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 1985 November
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
29 Sunday
30 Monday
1 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:33 PM
Set: 9:54 AM
2 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 8:59 PM
Set: 10:55 AM
3 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:30 PM
Set: 11:57 AM
4 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:07 PM
Set: 12:58 PM
5 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 10:52 PM
Set: 1:58 PM
6 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 11:46 PM
Set: 2:53 PM
7 Monday
Last Quarter
1:05 AM
Visible: 45% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: –
Set: 3:42 PM
8 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 35% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 12:47 AM
Set: 4:24 PM
9 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:55 AM
Set: 5:00 PM
10 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:06 AM
Set: 5:31 PM
Dark night
11 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:20 AM
Set: 5:59 PM
Dark night
12 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:34 AM
Set: 6:25 PM
Dark night
13 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:50 AM
Set: 6:51 PM
Dark night
14 Monday
New Moon
12:34 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:07 AM
Set: 7:19 PM
Dark night
15 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:26 AM
Set: 7:51 PM
Dark night
16 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 10:47 AM
Set: 8:29 PM
Dark night
17 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 12:06 PM
Set: 9:16 PM
Dark night
18 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 1:19 PM
Set: 10:12 PM
Dark night
19 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 37% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 2:21 PM
Set: 11:15 PM
20 Sunday
First Quarter
4:14 PM
Orionids meteor shower
Visible: 48% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 3:12 PM
Set: –
21 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 59% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:52 PM
Set: 12:24 AM
22 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 69% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:24 PM
Set: 1:32 AM
23 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:50 PM
Set: 2:39 AM
24 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:13 PM
Set: 3:44 AM
25 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:34 PM
Set: 4:46 AM
26 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:54 PM
Set: 5:46 AM
27 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:15 PM
Set: 5:46 AM
28 Monday
Full Moon
12:39 PM
Hunter's Moon
Micromoon
Total lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:37 PM
Set: 6:46 AM
29 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:02 PM
Set: 7:47 AM
30 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 6:31 PM
Set: 8:49 AM
31 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 7:06 PM
Set: 9:50 AM
1 Friday
2 Saturday