Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Sunday, March 5 1:00 PM Worm MoonSupermoon
  • Last Quarter Sunday, March 12 4:37 PM
  • New Moon Monday, March 20 8:50 PM
  • First Quarter Tuesday, March 28 7:15 AM

Also in March

  • Lantern Festival Sunday, March 5 Chinese calendar
  • Purim Sunday, March 5 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Holi Monday, March 6 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 14–23.

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 1939 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26 Sunday
27 Monday
28 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:57 PM
Set: 3:41 AM
2 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:07 PM
Set: 4:31 AM
3 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:20 PM
Set: 5:16 AM
4 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:34 PM
Set: 5:57 AM
5 Sunday
Full Moon
1:00 PM
Worm Moon
Supermoon
Lantern Festival
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:47 PM
Set: 6:35 AM
6 Monday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:59 PM
Set: 7:11 AM
7 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:09 PM
Set: 7:47 AM
8 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:16 PM
Set: 8:24 AM
9 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:21 PM
Set: 9:02 AM
10 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 71% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:44 AM
11 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 62% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:21 AM
Set: 10:28 AM
12 Sunday
Last Quarter
4:37 PM
Visible: 52% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:16 AM
Set: 11:16 AM
13 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 42% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:06 AM
Set: 12:06 PM
14 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:51 AM
Set: 12:59 PM
Dark night
15 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 24% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:31 AM
Set: 1:54 PM
Dark night
16 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:07 AM
Set: 2:49 PM
Dark night
17 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:39 AM
Set: 3:46 PM
Dark night
18 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:10 AM
Set: 4:43 PM
Dark night
19 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:39 AM
Set: 5:40 PM
Dark night
20 Monday
New Moon
8:50 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:08 AM
Set: 6:38 PM
Dark night
21 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:37 AM
Set: 7:38 PM
Dark night
22 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:08 AM
Set: 8:38 PM
Dark night
23 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:42 AM
Set: 9:40 PM
Dark night
24 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 13% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:20 AM
Set: 10:41 PM
25 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 21% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:02 AM
Set: 11:42 PM
26 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 31% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:51 AM
Set: –
27 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:46 AM
Set: 12:40 AM
28 Tuesday
First Quarter
7:15 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:47 AM
Set: 1:35 AM
29 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 64% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:53 PM
Set: 2:25 AM
30 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 74% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:02 PM
Set: 3:10 AM
31 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:13 PM
Set: 3:51 AM
1 Saturday