Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Sunday, February 1 4:14 AM Snow Moon
  • Last Quarter Sunday, February 8 9:53 AM
  • New Moon Sunday, February 15 6:05 AM
  • First Quarter Sunday, February 22 11:40 PM

Also in February

  • Lunar New Year Sunday, February 15 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 10–17.

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 1942 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Full Moon
4:14 AM
Snow Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:27 PM
Set: 7:38 AM
2 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:29 PM
Set: 8:15 AM
3 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:31 PM
Set: 8:51 AM
4 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:36 PM
Set: 9:25 AM
5 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:41 PM
Set: 9:59 AM
6 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 71% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:47 PM
Set: 10:34 AM
7 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 60% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 11:10 AM
8 Sunday
Last Quarter
9:53 AM
Visible: 49% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:53 AM
Set: 11:50 AM
9 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 38% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:00 AM
Set: 1:35 PM
10 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:06 AM
Set: 2:25 PM
Dark night
11 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:09 AM
Set: 3:22 PM
Dark night
12 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 6:07 AM
Set: 4:23 PM
Dark night
13 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 7:00 AM
Set: 5:28 PM
Dark night
14 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:46 AM
Set: 6:34 PM
Dark night
15 Sunday
New Moon
6:05 AM
Lunar New Year
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:27 AM
Set: 7:40 PM
Dark night
16 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:04 AM
Set: 8:45 PM
Dark night
17 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:38 AM
Set: 9:47 PM
Dark night
18 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 10:11 AM
Set: 10:48 PM
19 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:42 AM
Set: 11:47 PM
20 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:14 AM
Set: –
21 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:47 AM
Set: 12:44 AM
22 Sunday
First Quarter
11:40 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:22 PM
Set: 1:40 AM
23 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:01 PM
Set: 2:35 AM
24 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 64% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:43 PM
Set: 3:27 AM
25 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:29 PM
Set: 4:18 AM
26 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:20 PM
Set: 5:06 AM
27 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:15 PM
Set: 5:51 AM
28 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:13 PM
Set: 6:33 AM