Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Tuesday, March 7 6:02 PM
  • Full Moon Tuesday, March 14 6:58 PM Worm Moon
  • Last Quarter Wednesday, March 22 7:27 PM
  • New Moon Thursday, March 30 7:39 AM

Also in March

  • Purim Tuesday, March 14 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Holi Wednesday, March 15 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 1–3, March 23–31.

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 1911 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26 Sunday
27 Monday
28 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:47 AM
Set: 7:15 PM
Dark night
2 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:12 AM
Set: 8:25 PM
Dark night
3 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:37 AM
Set: 9:35 PM
Dark night
4 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:02 AM
Set: 10:48 PM
5 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:31 AM
Set: –
6 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:04 AM
Set: 12:03 AM
7 Tuesday
First Quarter
6:02 PM
Visible: 47% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 10:45 AM
Set: 1:18 AM
8 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 59% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:35 AM
Set: 2:31 AM
9 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:36 PM
Set: 3:38 AM
10 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 79% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:44 PM
Set: 4:35 AM
11 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:56 PM
Set: 5:21 AM
12 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:08 PM
Set: 5:59 AM
13 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:19 PM
Set: 6:30 AM
14 Tuesday
Full Moon
6:58 PM
Worm Moon
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:26 PM
Set: 6:56 AM
15 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:31 PM
Set: 7:19 AM
16 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:35 PM
Set: 7:41 AM
17 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:37 PM
Set: 8:03 AM
18 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:40 PM
Set: 8:27 AM
19 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 79% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:43 PM
Set: 8:53 AM
20 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 71% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:22 AM
21 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 62% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:45 AM
Set: 9:58 AM
22 Wednesday
Last Quarter
7:27 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:44 AM
Set: 10:40 AM
23 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 43% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:40 AM
Set: 11:29 AM
Dark night
24 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 34% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:29 AM
Set: 12:26 PM
Dark night
25 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 25% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:12 AM
Set: 1:29 PM
Dark night
26 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:48 AM
Set: 2:36 PM
Dark night
27 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:20 AM
Set: 3:45 PM
Dark night
28 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:48 AM
Set: 4:54 PM
Dark night
29 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:13 AM
Set: 6:05 PM
Dark night
30 Thursday
New Moon
7:39 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:38 AM
Set: 7:17 PM
Dark night
31 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:03 AM
Set: 8:31 PM
Dark night
1 Saturday