Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Wednesday, March 2 12:41 AM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, March 9 3:35 AM
  • Full Moon Wednesday, March 16 12:15 AM Worm Moon
  • Last Quarter Wednesday, March 23 8:06 PM
  • New Moon Thursday, March 31 1:53 PM

Also in March

  • Islamic New Year 1357 AH Thursday, March 3 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Holi Wednesday, March 16 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Purim Thursday, March 17 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 1–4, March 25–31.

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 1938 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
1 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:25 AM
Set: 6:10 PM
Dark night
2 Wednesday
New Moon
12:41 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:55 AM
Set: 7:14 PM
Dark night
3 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1357 AH
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:24 AM
Set: 8:18 PM
Dark night
4 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:56 AM
Set: 9:24 PM
Dark night
5 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 13% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:29 AM
Set: 10:31 PM
6 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:08 AM
Set: 11:38 PM
7 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 32% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:51 AM
Set: –
8 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 43% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:42 AM
Set: 12:44 AM
9 Wednesday
First Quarter
3:35 AM
Visible: 54% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:39 AM
Set: 1:47 AM
10 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:43 PM
Set: 2:43 AM
11 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:51 PM
Set: 3:33 AM
12 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:01 PM
Set: 4:17 AM
13 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:10 PM
Set: 4:56 AM
14 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:19 PM
Set: 5:30 AM
15 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:26 PM
Set: 6:03 AM
16 Wednesday
Full Moon
12:15 AM
Worm Moon
Holi
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:32 PM
Set: 6:34 AM
17 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Purim
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:37 PM
Set: 7:05 AM
18 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:39 PM
Set: 7:38 AM
19 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:40 PM
Set: 8:13 AM
20 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:37 PM
Set: 8:51 AM
21 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 71% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:32 AM
22 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:31 AM
Set: 10:18 AM
23 Wednesday
Last Quarter
8:06 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:20 AM
Set: 11:08 AM
24 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:04 AM
Set: 12:01 PM
25 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 34% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:44 AM
Set: 12:57 PM
Dark night
26 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:20 AM
Set: 1:55 PM
Dark night
27 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:53 AM
Set: 2:54 PM
Dark night
28 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:24 AM
Set: 3:56 PM
Dark night
29 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 4:54 AM
Set: 4:58 PM
Dark night
30 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:24 AM
Set: 6:03 PM
Dark night
31 Thursday
New Moon
1:53 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 5:55 AM
Set: 7:09 PM
Dark night
1 Friday
2 Saturday