Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Saturday, March 6 9:55 PM Worm MoonMicromoon
  • Last Quarter Sunday, March 14 10:42 PM
  • New Moon Sunday, March 21 3:12 PM
  • First Quarter Sunday, March 28 11:48 AM

Also in March

  • Holi Sunday, March 7 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Purim Sunday, March 7 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 16–23.

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).

February March 1909 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
1 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:18 PM
Set: 3:56 AM
2 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:12 PM
Set: 4:48 AM
3 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:10 PM
Set: 5:32 AM
4 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:10 PM
Set: 6:09 AM
5 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:09 PM
Set: 6:42 AM
6 Saturday
Full Moon
9:55 PM
Worm Moon
Micromoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:08 PM
Set: 7:10 AM
7 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:07 PM
Set: 7:35 AM
8 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:05 PM
Set: 7:59 AM
9 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:03 PM
Set: 8:22 AM
10 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:02 PM
Set: 8:45 AM
11 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:03 PM
Set: 9:10 AM
12 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:38 AM
13 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:05 AM
Set: 10:10 AM
14 Sunday
Last Quarter
10:42 PM
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:09 AM
Set: 10:49 AM
15 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:12 AM
Set: 11:36 AM
16 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:13 AM
Set: 12:32 PM
Dark night
17 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:10 AM
Set: 1:38 PM
Dark night
18 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:59 AM
Set: 2:51 PM
Dark night
19 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:42 AM
Set: 4:07 PM
Dark night
20 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:19 AM
Set: 5:25 PM
Dark night
21 Sunday
New Moon
3:12 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:52 AM
Set: 6:43 PM
Dark night
22 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:23 AM
Set: 7:59 PM
Dark night
23 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:53 AM
Set: 9:14 PM
Dark night
24 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:25 AM
Set: 10:28 PM
25 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 8:59 AM
Set: 11:40 PM
26 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 30% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:38 AM
Set: –
27 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 40% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:22 AM
Set: 12:48 AM
28 Sunday
First Quarter
11:48 AM
Visible: 50% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:11 AM
Set: 1:50 AM
29 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:05 PM
Set: 2:45 AM
30 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 69% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:03 PM
Set: 3:32 AM
31 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:02 PM
Set: 4:11 AM
1 Thursday
2 Friday
3 Saturday