Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Friday, March 5 4:18 AM
  • New Moon Friday, March 12 2:32 PM
  • First Quarter Friday, March 19 6:45 AM
  • Full Moon Friday, March 26 6:11 PM Worm Moon

Also in March

  • Islamic New Year 1356 AH Sunday, March 14 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Holi Saturday, March 27 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Passover Saturday, March 27 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Easter Monday, March 28 Christian; the Sunday after the first Full Moon of spring (by the Church's tables)

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 7–14.

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 1937 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
1 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:05 PM
Set: 8:47 AM
2 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:19 AM
3 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:03 AM
Set: 9:55 AM
4 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 56% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:59 AM
Set: 10:36 AM
5 Friday
Last Quarter
4:18 AM
Visible: 47% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:52 AM
Set: 11:23 AM
6 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:42 AM
Set: 12:16 PM
7 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:27 AM
Set: 1:14 PM
Dark night
8 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 19% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:08 AM
Set: 2:16 PM
Dark night
9 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:44 AM
Set: 3:22 PM
Dark night
10 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:18 AM
Set: 4:29 PM
Dark night
11 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:49 AM
Set: 5:39 PM
Dark night
12 Friday
New Moon
2:32 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:20 AM
Set: 6:50 PM
Dark night
13 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:51 AM
Set: 8:03 PM
Dark night
14 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1356 AH
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:25 AM
Set: 9:16 PM
Dark night
15 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:02 AM
Set: 10:30 PM
16 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 8:44 AM
Set: 11:42 PM
17 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 30% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:33 AM
Set: –
18 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:29 AM
Set: 12:49 AM
19 Friday
First Quarter
6:45 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:30 AM
Set: 1:49 AM
20 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:35 PM
Set: 2:40 AM
21 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:42 PM
Set: 3:23 AM
22 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:47 PM
Set: 4:00 AM
23 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:51 PM
Set: 4:32 AM
24 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:54 PM
Set: 5:00 AM
25 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:55 PM
Set: 5:27 AM
26 Friday
Full Moon
6:11 PM
Worm Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:55 PM
Set: 5:54 AM
27 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Passover
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:55 PM
Set: 6:20 AM
28 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Easter
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:54 PM
Set: 6:49 AM
29 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:52 PM
Set: 7:20 AM
30 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:49 PM
Set: 7:54 AM
31 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:43 PM
Set: 8:33 AM
1 Thursday
2 Friday
3 Saturday