Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Friday, March 8 9:23 PM
  • First Quarter Saturday, March 16 10:25 PM
  • Full Moon Saturday, March 23 2:33 PM Worm MoonSupermoon
  • Last Quarter Saturday, March 30 11:20 AM

Also in March

  • Penumbral lunar eclipse Saturday, March 23, 2:48 PM not visible from Columbus
  • Holi Sunday, March 24 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Purim Sunday, March 24 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Easter Monday, March 24 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 3–11.

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 1940 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
25 Sunday
26 Monday
27 Tuesday
28 Wednesday
29 Thursday
1 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:48 AM
Set: 11:59 AM
2 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 34% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:42 AM
Set: 12:51 PM
3 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 25% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:31 AM
Set: 1:45 PM
Dark night
4 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:14 AM
Set: 2:40 PM
Dark night
5 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:52 AM
Set: 3:37 PM
Dark night
6 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:26 AM
Set: 4:33 PM
Dark night
7 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:58 AM
Set: 5:29 PM
Dark night
8 Friday
New Moon
9:23 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:28 AM
Set: 6:24 PM
Dark night
9 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:57 AM
Set: 7:20 PM
Dark night
10 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:26 AM
Set: 8:16 PM
Dark night
11 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:56 AM
Set: 9:12 PM
Dark night
12 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:27 AM
Set: 10:08 PM
13 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:01 AM
Set: 11:05 PM
14 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:39 AM
Set: –
15 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:22 AM
Set: 12:01 AM
16 Saturday
First Quarter
10:25 PM
Visible: 46% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:10 AM
Set: 12:57 AM
17 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:04 PM
Set: 1:51 AM
18 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:05 PM
Set: 2:41 AM
19 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:10 PM
Set: 3:29 AM
20 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:19 PM
Set: 4:13 AM
21 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:31 PM
Set: 4:55 AM
22 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:45 PM
Set: 5:35 AM
23 Saturday
Full Moon
2:33 PM
Worm Moon
Supermoon
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:59 PM
Set: 6:13 AM
24 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Purim
Easter
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:12 PM
Set: 6:52 AM
25 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:24 PM
Set: 7:33 AM
26 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:32 PM
Set: 8:16 AM
27 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:36 PM
Set: 9:02 AM
28 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:52 AM
29 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 60% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:34 AM
Set: 10:44 AM
30 Saturday
Last Quarter
11:20 AM
Visible: 50% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:26 AM
Set: 11:39 AM
31 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 40% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:12 AM
Set: 12:35 PM
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
4 Thursday
5 Friday
6 Saturday