The Moon Today
Tonight is a dark night for stargazing: no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness.
Dates and Times of the Phases
- Full Moon Saturday, February 4 2:55 AM Snow MoonSupermoon
- Last Quarter Friday, February 10 11:12 PM
- New Moon Sunday, February 19 3:29 AM
- First Quarter Sunday, February 26 10:26 PM
Also in February
- Lunar New Year Sunday, February 19 Chinese calendar
- Islamic New Year 1358 AH Monday, February 20 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: February 13–22.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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29 Sunday
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30 Monday
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31 Tuesday
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1 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:09 PM
Set: 5:00 AM
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2 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:19 PM
Set: 5:54 AM
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3 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:33 PM
Set: 6:43 AM
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4 Saturday
Full Moon
2:55 AM
Snow Moon Supermoon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:48 PM
Set: 7:27 AM
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5 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:02 PM
Set: 8:06 AM
|
6 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:14 PM
Set: 8:42 AM
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7 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:24 PM
Set: 9:17 AM
|
8 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:30 PM
Set: 9:52 AM
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9 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:29 AM
|
10 Friday
Last Quarter
11:12 PM
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:34 AM
Set: 11:07 AM
|
11 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 45% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:35 AM
Set: 11:48 AM
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12 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 35% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:32 AM
Set: 12:33 PM
|
13 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:24 AM
Set: 1:21 PM
Dark night
|
14 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:11 AM
Set: 2:12 PM
Dark night
|
15 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:54 AM
Set: 3:05 PM
Dark night
|
16 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:32 AM
Set: 4:00 PM
Dark night
|
17 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:07 AM
Set: 4:57 PM
Dark night
|
18 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:38 AM
Set: 5:53 PM
Dark night
|
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19 Sunday
New Moon
3:29 AM
Lunar New Year
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:08 AM
Set: 6:50 PM
Dark night
|
20 Monday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1358 AH
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:37 AM
Set: 7:47 PM
Dark night
|
21 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:05 AM
Set: 8:46 PM
Dark night
|
22 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 10% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:34 AM
Set: 9:45 PM
Dark night
|
23 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:06 AM
Set: 10:45 PM
|
24 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:40 AM
Set: 11:46 PM
|
25 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 35% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:18 AM
Set: –
|
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26 Sunday
First Quarter
10:26 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:03 AM
Set: 12:48 AM
|
27 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:54 AM
Set: 1:48 AM
|
28 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:52 PM
Set: 2:47 AM
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1 Wednesday
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2 Thursday
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3 Friday
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4 Saturday
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