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
- First Quarter Monday, February 6 10:27 AM
- Full Moon Monday, February 13 5:37 AM Snow Moon
- Last Quarter Monday, February 20 10:45 PM
- New Moon Tuesday, February 28 7:32 PM
Also in February
- Lantern Festival Monday, February 13 Chinese calendar
Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 1–2, February 22–28.
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
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:19 AM
Set: 8:20 PM
Dark night
|
2 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:45 AM
Set: 9:27 PM
Dark night
|
3 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:09 AM
Set: 10:36 PM
|
4 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 29% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:33 AM
Set: 11:45 PM
|
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5 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 40% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:59 AM
Set: –
|
6 Monday
First Quarter
10:27 AM
Visible: 51% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:29 AM
Set: 12:57 AM
|
7 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 62% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:04 PM
Set: 2:12 AM
|
8 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:48 PM
Set: 3:27 AM
|
9 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:42 PM
Set: 4:39 AM
|
10 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:47 PM
Set: 5:45 AM
|
11 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:59 PM
Set: 6:40 AM
|
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12 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:13 PM
Set: 7:24 AM
|
13 Monday
Full Moon
5:37 AM
Snow Moon
Lantern Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:27 PM
Set: 8:00 AM
|
14 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:37 PM
Set: 8:29 AM
|
15 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:43 PM
Set: 8:55 AM
|
16 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:47 PM
Set: 9:18 AM
|
17 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:50 PM
Set: 9:40 AM
|
18 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:52 PM
Set: 10:02 AM
|
|
19 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:26 AM
|
20 Monday
Last Quarter
10:45 PM
Visible: 54% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:54 AM
Set: 10:53 AM
|
21 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 45% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:56 AM
Set: 11:25 AM
|
22 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 36% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:56 AM
Set: 12:03 PM
Dark night
|
23 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:55 AM
Set: 12:48 PM
Dark night
|
24 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 19% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:48 AM
Set: 1:42 PM
Dark night
|
25 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:36 AM
Set: 2:42 PM
Dark night
|
|
26 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:16 AM
Set: 3:48 PM
Dark night
|
27 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:51 AM
Set: 4:56 PM
Dark night
|
28 Tuesday
New Moon
7:32 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:21 AM
Set: 6:05 PM
Dark night
|
1 Wednesday
|
2 Thursday
|
3 Friday
|
4 Saturday
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