Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Monday, March 2 8:22 PM Worm Moon
  • Last Quarter Monday, March 9 6:02 PM
  • New Moon Monday, March 16 7:53 PM
  • First Quarter Tuesday, March 24 8:03 PM

Also in March

  • Lantern Festival Sunday, March 1 Chinese calendar
  • Total lunar eclipse Monday, March 2, 8:21 PM visible from Columbus
  • Holi Tuesday, March 3 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Purim Tuesday, March 3 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Partial solar eclipse Monday, March 16, 7:37 PM not visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 11–19.

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 1942 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Lantern Festival
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:15 PM
Set: 7:12 AM
2 Monday
Full Moon
8:22 PM
Worm Moon
Total lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:18 PM
Set: 7:49 AM
3 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Purim
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:24 PM
Set: 8:24 AM
4 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:30 PM
Set: 8:59 AM
5 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:37 PM
Set: 9:34 AM
6 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:45 PM
Set: 10:11 AM
7 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:51 AM
8 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:53 AM
Set: 11:34 AM
9 Monday
Last Quarter
6:02 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:59 AM
Set: 12:22 PM
10 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 42% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 3:02 AM
Set: 1:16 PM
11 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 31% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:01 AM
Set: 2:14 PM
Dark night
12 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 21% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:54 AM
Set: 3:16 PM
Dark night
13 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:41 AM
Set: 4:20 PM
Dark night
14 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:23 AM
Set: 5:25 PM
Dark night
15 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:01 AM
Set: 6:29 PM
Dark night
16 Monday
New Moon
7:53 PM
Partial solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:36 AM
Set: 7:32 PM
Dark night
17 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:08 AM
Set: 8:33 PM
Dark night
18 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:40 AM
Set: 9:33 PM
Dark night
19 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:12 AM
Set: 10:32 PM
Dark night
20 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 13% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:45 AM
Set: 11:29 PM
21 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:19 AM
Set: –
22 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 29% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:57 AM
Set: 12:24 AM
23 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 37% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:37 AM
Set: 1:18 AM
24 Tuesday
First Quarter
8:03 PM
Visible: 47% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:21 PM
Set: 2:09 AM
25 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:10 PM
Set: 2:58 AM
26 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 66% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:02 PM
Set: 3:44 AM
27 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:58 PM
Set: 4:26 AM
28 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:58 PM
Set: 5:06 AM
29 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:00 PM
Set: 5:44 AM
30 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:05 PM
Set: 6:20 AM
31 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:12 PM
Set: 6:55 AM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday