Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Thursday, February 3 11:07 AM
  • First Quarter Thursday, February 10 5:21 PM
  • Full Moon Friday, February 18 9:30 PM Snow Moon
  • Last Quarter Saturday, February 26 4:24 AM

Also in February

  • Total solar eclipse Thursday, February 3, 11:05 AM visible from Columbus as a partial eclipse, 19% of the Sun covered
  • Lunar New Year Friday, February 4 Chinese calendar
  • Lantern Festival Friday, February 18 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 1–5, February 27–29.

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).

January February 1916 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 Sunday
31 Monday
1 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:14 AM
Set: 3:32 PM
Dark night
2 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:00 AM
Set: 4:51 PM
Dark night
3 Thursday
New Moon
11:07 AM
Total solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:38 AM
Set: 6:09 PM
Dark night
4 Friday
Waxing crescent
Lunar New Year
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:09 AM
Set: 7:25 PM
Dark night
5 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:37 AM
Set: 8:36 PM
Dark night
6 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:02 AM
Set: 9:45 PM
7 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:26 AM
Set: 10:52 PM
8 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 29% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:51 AM
Set: 11:58 PM
9 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 38% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:19 AM
Set: –
10 Thursday
First Quarter
5:21 PM
Visible: 48% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 10:50 AM
Set: 1:03 AM
11 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 57% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:26 AM
Set: 2:05 AM
12 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:08 PM
Set: 3:05 AM
13 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:57 PM
Set: 4:00 AM
14 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:52 PM
Set: 4:48 AM
15 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:52 PM
Set: 5:30 AM
16 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:54 PM
Set: 6:05 AM
17 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:57 PM
Set: 6:36 AM
18 Friday
Full Moon
9:30 PM
Snow Moon
Lantern Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:01 PM
Set: 7:02 AM
19 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:05 PM
Set: 7:27 AM
20 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:10 PM
Set: 7:50 AM
21 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:15 PM
Set: 8:13 AM
22 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:23 PM
Set: 8:37 AM
23 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:34 PM
Set: 9:04 AM
24 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 68% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:36 AM
25 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 58% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:46 AM
Set: 10:16 AM
26 Saturday
Last Quarter
4:24 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:58 AM
Set: 11:04 AM
27 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 35% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:05 AM
Set: 12:04 PM
Dark night
28 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 25% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:04 AM
Set: 1:13 PM
Dark night
29 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:53 AM
Set: 2:28 PM
Dark night
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday