Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Sunday, March 8 12:12 AM Worm Moon
  • Last Quarter Monday, March 16 3:36 AM
  • New Moon Sunday, March 22 11:14 PM
  • First Quarter Sunday, March 29 4:21 PM

Also in March

  • Eid al-Adha Wednesday, March 4 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Holi Sunday, March 8 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Purim Sunday, March 8 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Islamic New Year 1355 AH Tuesday, March 24 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 17–24.

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 1936 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 64% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:13 PM
Set: 2:52 AM
2 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:14 PM
Set: 3:42 AM
3 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:17 PM
Set: 4:25 AM
4 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:20 PM
Set: 5:00 AM
5 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:21 PM
Set: 5:30 AM
6 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:21 PM
Set: 5:56 AM
7 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:20 PM
Set: 6:21 AM
8 Sunday
Full Moon
12:12 AM
Worm Moon
Holi
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:18 PM
Set: 6:44 AM
9 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:17 PM
Set: 7:07 AM
10 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:15 PM
Set: 7:31 AM
11 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:15 PM
Set: 7:57 AM
12 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:15 PM
Set: 8:27 AM
13 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:01 AM
14 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:14 AM
Set: 9:41 AM
15 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 57% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:12 AM
Set: 10:29 AM
16 Monday
Last Quarter
3:36 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:05 AM
Set: 11:25 AM
17 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 36% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:54 AM
Set: 12:28 PM
Dark night
18 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:37 AM
Set: 1:36 PM
Dark night
19 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:15 AM
Set: 2:48 PM
Dark night
20 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:49 AM
Set: 4:02 PM
Dark night
21 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:21 AM
Set: 5:18 PM
Dark night
22 Sunday
New Moon
11:14 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:51 AM
Set: 6:34 PM
Dark night
23 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:23 AM
Set: 7:52 PM
Dark night
24 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1355 AH
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 6:56 AM
Set: 9:10 PM
Dark night
25 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:34 AM
Set: 10:26 PM
26 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 8:18 AM
Set: 11:38 PM
27 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:09 AM
Set: –
28 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 37% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:05 AM
Set: 12:42 AM
29 Sunday
First Quarter
4:21 PM
Visible: 48% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:07 AM
Set: 1:37 AM
30 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 58% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:10 PM
Set: 2:23 AM
31 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 68% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:13 PM
Set: 3:01 AM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday