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 Thursday, March 5 12:02 AM
- Full Moon Wednesday, March 11 11:18 PM Worm MoonSupermoon
- Last Quarter Wednesday, March 18 2:40 PM
- New Moon Thursday, March 26 1:09 PM
Also in March
- Partial lunar eclipse Wednesday, March 11, 11:13 PM visible from Columbus
- Holi Thursday, March 12 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
- Purim Thursday, March 12 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 19–29.
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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1 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 8:52 AM
Set: 11:10 PM
|
2 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:17 AM
Set: –
|
3 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 9:46 AM
Set: 12:13 AM
|
4 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:23 AM
Set: 1:17 AM
|
5 Thursday
First Quarter
12:02 AM
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:08 AM
Set: 2:20 AM
|
6 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:04 PM
Set: 3:19 AM
|
7 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:10 PM
Set: 4:12 AM
|
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8 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:23 PM
Set: 4:56 AM
|
9 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:40 PM
Set: 5:34 AM
|
10 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:58 PM
Set: 6:05 AM
|
11 Wednesday
Full Moon
11:18 PM
Worm Moon Supermoon
Partial lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:16 PM
Set: 6:33 AM
|
12 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Holi Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:34 PM
Set: 6:59 AM
|
13 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:52 PM
Set: 7:25 AM
|
14 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:12 PM
Set: 7:52 AM
|
|
15 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:31 PM
Set: 8:23 AM
|
16 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:01 AM
|
17 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 62% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:47 AM
Set: 9:45 AM
|
18 Wednesday
Last Quarter
2:40 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:56 AM
Set: 10:39 AM
|
19 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 41% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:55 AM
Set: 11:40 AM
Dark night
|
20 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 31% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:43 AM
Set: 12:46 PM
Dark night
|
21 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:21 AM
Set: 1:53 PM
Dark night
|
|
22 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:52 AM
Set: 2:58 PM
Dark night
|
23 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:17 AM
Set: 4:01 PM
Dark night
|
24 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:39 AM
Set: 5:02 PM
Dark night
|
25 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:58 AM
Set: 6:02 PM
Dark night
|
26 Thursday
New Moon
1:09 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:17 AM
Set: 7:01 PM
Dark night
|
27 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:37 AM
Set: 8:01 PM
Dark night
|
28 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 6:58 AM
Set: 9:02 PM
Dark night
|
|
29 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:21 AM
Set: 10:04 PM
Dark night
|
30 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 7:49 AM
Set: 11:07 PM
|
31 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 21% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 8:22 AM
Set: –
|
1 Wednesday
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2 Thursday
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3 Friday
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4 Saturday
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