Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Monday, February 7 7:32 PM
  • Full Moon Monday, February 14 12:14 PM Snow Moon
  • Last Quarter Monday, February 21 11:25 PM

Also in February

  • Eid al-Adha Thursday, February 10 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Lantern Festival Monday, February 14 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 1–3, February 24–28.

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).

January February 1938 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
30 Sunday
31 Monday
1 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:55 AM
Set: 7:19 PM
Dark night
2 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:24 AM
Set: 8:21 PM
Dark night
3 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 10% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:52 AM
Set: 9:23 PM
Dark night
4 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:21 AM
Set: 10:27 PM
5 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:52 AM
Set: 11:33 PM
6 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:27 AM
Set: –
7 Monday
First Quarter
7:32 PM
Visible: 47% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:06 AM
Set: 12:39 AM
8 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 58% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:52 AM
Set: 1:46 AM
9 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 69% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:45 PM
Set: 2:52 AM
10 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 79% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:47 PM
Set: 3:54 AM
11 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:54 PM
Set: 4:50 AM
12 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:06 PM
Set: 5:39 AM
13 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:18 PM
Set: 6:22 AM
14 Monday
Full Moon
12:14 PM
Snow Moon
Lantern Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:30 PM
Set: 7:00 AM
15 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:39 PM
Set: 7:34 AM
16 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:46 PM
Set: 8:05 AM
17 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:51 PM
Set: 8:36 AM
18 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:54 PM
Set: 9:08 AM
19 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:55 PM
Set: 9:40 AM
20 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:16 AM
21 Monday
Last Quarter
11:25 PM
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:54 AM
Set: 10:55 AM
22 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 45% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:49 AM
Set: 11:38 AM
23 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 36% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:40 AM
Set: 12:25 PM
24 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:28 AM
Set: 1:16 PM
Dark night
25 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 19% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:10 AM
Set: 2:11 PM
Dark night
26 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:48 AM
Set: 3:08 PM
Dark night
27 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:23 AM
Set: 4:08 PM
Dark night
28 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:55 AM
Set: 5:08 PM
Dark night
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday