The Moon Today
Tonight is a dark night for stargazing: no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness.
Dates and Times of the Phases
- New Moon Saturday, September 4 4:58 PM
- First Quarter Sunday, September 12 2:51 PM
- Full Moon Sunday, September 19 5:32 AM Harvest MoonSupermoon
- Last Quarter Sunday, September 26 5:14 AM
Also in September
- Rosh Hashanah Monday, September 6 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
- Yom Kippur Wednesday, September 15 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
- Mid-Autumn Festival Sunday, September 19 Chinese calendar
- Sukkot Monday, September 20 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 1–10, September 30.
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).
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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29 Sunday
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30 Monday
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31 Tuesday
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1 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:04 AM
Set: 6:07 PM
Dark night
|
2 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:00 AM
Set: 6:39 PM
Dark night
|
3 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:56 AM
Set: 7:09 PM
Dark night
|
4 Saturday
New Moon
4:58 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:52 AM
Set: 7:38 PM
Dark night
|
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5 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:48 AM
Set: 8:07 PM
Dark night
|
6 Monday
Waxing crescent
Rosh Hashanah
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:44 AM
Set: 8:35 PM
Dark night
|
7 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:41 AM
Set: 9:06 PM
Dark night
|
8 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 13% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:39 AM
Set: 9:38 PM
Dark night
|
9 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 11:37 AM
Set: 10:15 PM
Dark night
|
10 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 29% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 12:36 PM
Set: 10:56 PM
Dark night
|
11 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 38% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 1:34 PM
Set: 11:43 PM
|
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12 Sunday
First Quarter
2:51 PM
Visible: 49% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 2:31 PM
Set: –
|
13 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 3:24 PM
Set: 12:36 AM
|
14 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 4:14 PM
Set: 1:36 AM
|
15 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Yom Kippur
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 5:01 PM
Set: 2:41 AM
|
16 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:43 PM
Set: 3:51 AM
|
17 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:23 PM
Set: 5:04 AM
|
18 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:01 PM
Set: 6:17 AM
|
|
19 Sunday
Full Moon
5:32 AM
Harvest Moon Supermoon
Mid-Autumn Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:39 PM
Set: 7:31 AM
|
20 Monday
Waning gibbous
Sukkot
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:17 PM
Set: 8:44 AM
|
21 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:58 PM
Set: 9:55 AM
|
22 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:41 PM
Set: 11:04 AM
|
23 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 77% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:27 PM
Set: 12:08 PM
|
24 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 67% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:17 PM
Set: 1:08 PM
|
25 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 57% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 2:01 PM
|
|
26 Sunday
Last Quarter
5:14 AM
Visible: 47% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:09 AM
Set: 2:48 PM
|
27 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 38% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:03 AM
Set: 3:30 PM
|
28 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 29% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 1:58 AM
Set: 4:07 PM
|
29 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 2:54 AM
Set: 4:41 PM
|
30 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 3:50 AM
Set: 5:12 PM
Dark night
|
1 Friday
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2 Saturday
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