Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Sunday, February 3 11:28 AM
  • First Quarter Sunday, February 10 4:25 AM
  • Full Moon Monday, February 18 6:17 AM Snow MoonMicromoon
  • Last Quarter Tuesday, February 26 5:15 AM

Also in February

  • Partial solar eclipse Sunday, February 3, 11:16 AM visible from Columbus as a partial eclipse, 37.8% of the Sun covered
  • Lunar New Year Monday, February 4 Chinese calendar
  • Lantern Festival Monday, 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 27–28.

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
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
31 Thursday
1 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:08 AM
Set: 3:31 PM
Dark night
2 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:55 AM
Set: 4:50 PM
Dark night
3 Sunday
New Moon
11:28 AM
Partial solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:34 AM
Set: 6:11 PM
Dark night
4 Monday
Waxing crescent
Lunar New Year
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:07 AM
Set: 7:30 PM
Dark night
5 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:36 AM
Set: 8:47 PM
Dark night
6 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 13% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:04 AM
Set: 10:01 PM
7 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:31 AM
Set: 11:14 PM
8 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 32% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:01 AM
Set: –
9 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 43% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:33 AM
Set: 12:26 AM
10 Sunday
First Quarter
4:25 AM
Visible: 53% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:11 AM
Set: 1:35 AM
11 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:54 AM
Set: 2:41 AM
12 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:44 PM
Set: 3:40 AM
13 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:39 PM
Set: 4:33 AM
14 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:38 PM
Set: 5:17 AM
15 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:39 PM
Set: 5:54 AM
16 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:40 PM
Set: 6:25 AM
17 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:41 PM
Set: 6:52 AM
18 Monday
Full Moon
6:17 AM
Snow Moon
Micromoon
Lantern Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:40 PM
Set: 7:16 AM
19 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:39 PM
Set: 7:38 AM
20 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:38 PM
Set: 7:59 AM
21 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:38 PM
Set: 8:20 AM
22 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:40 PM
Set: 8:44 AM
23 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 77% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:44 PM
Set: 9:10 AM
24 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 68% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:41 AM
25 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 58% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:49 AM
Set: 10:18 AM
26 Tuesday
Last Quarter
5:15 AM
Visible: 47% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:55 AM
Set: 11:04 AM
27 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 36% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:57 AM
Set: 12:00 PM
Dark night
28 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:54 AM
Set: 1:07 PM
Dark night
1 Friday
2 Saturday