Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Wednesday, February 8 11:49 AM
  • New Moon Wednesday, February 15 3:12 AM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, February 22 3:34 AM

Also in February

  • Total solar eclipse Wednesday, February 15, 3:19 AM not visible from Columbus
  • Lunar New Year Wednesday, February 15 Chinese calendar
  • Ramadan begins Thursday, February 16 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 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 1961 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
29 Sunday
30 Monday
31 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:56 PM
Set: 8:02 AM
2 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:52 PM
Set: 8:35 AM
3 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:50 PM
Set: 9:06 AM
4 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:48 PM
Set: 9:37 AM
5 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 79% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:47 PM
Set: 10:07 AM
6 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:47 PM
Set: 10:38 AM
7 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 60% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: –
Set: 11:11 AM
8 Wednesday
Last Quarter
11:49 AM
Visible: 50% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:49 AM
Set: 11:48 AM
9 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 1:53 AM
Set: 12:29 PM
10 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:57 AM
Set: 1:17 PM
Dark night
11 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:01 AM
Set: 2:13 PM
Dark night
12 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:02 AM
Set: 3:15 PM
Dark night
13 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:58 AM
Set: 4:24 PM
Dark night
14 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:49 AM
Set: 5:36 PM
Dark night
15 Wednesday
New Moon
3:12 AM
Total solar eclipse
Lunar New Year
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:34 AM
Set: 6:49 PM
Dark night
16 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Ramadan begins
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:15 AM
Set: 8:01 PM
Dark night
17 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:52 AM
Set: 9:10 PM
Dark night
18 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:28 AM
Set: 10:17 PM
19 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:03 AM
Set: 11:22 PM
20 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 33% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:38 AM
Set: –
21 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 43% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:15 AM
Set: 12:24 AM
22 Wednesday
First Quarter
3:34 AM
Visible: 53% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:54 AM
Set: 1:23 AM
23 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:36 PM
Set: 2:19 AM
24 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 72% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:21 PM
Set: 3:11 AM
25 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:09 PM
Set: 4:00 AM
26 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:00 PM
Set: 4:44 AM
27 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:54 PM
Set: 5:25 AM
28 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:49 PM
Set: 6:02 AM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday