Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Thursday, March 2 8:35 AM Worm Moon
  • Last Quarter Thursday, March 9 9:57 PM
  • New Moon Thursday, March 16 1:52 PM
  • First Quarter Thursday, March 23 9:49 PM

Also in March

  • Lantern Festival Wednesday, March 1 Chinese calendar
  • Partial lunar eclipse Thursday, March 2, 8:28 AM partly visible from Columbus
  • Purim Thursday, March 2 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Holi Friday, March 3 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Eid al-Fitr Saturday, March 18 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: March 11–18.

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 1961 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26 Sunday
27 Monday
28 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Lantern Festival
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:46 PM
Set: 6:36 AM
2 Thursday
Full Moon
8:35 AM
Worm Moon
Partial lunar eclipse
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:43 PM
Set: 7:08 AM
3 Friday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:42 PM
Set: 7:39 AM
4 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:41 PM
Set: 8:10 AM
5 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:41 PM
Set: 8:41 AM
6 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:43 PM
Set: 9:13 AM
7 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:45 PM
Set: 9:49 AM
8 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:28 AM
9 Thursday
Last Quarter
9:57 PM
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:48 AM
Set: 11:12 AM
10 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 43% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:50 AM
Set: 12:03 PM
11 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 32% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:50 AM
Set: 1:00 PM
Dark night
12 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:46 AM
Set: 2:04 PM
Dark night
13 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:38 AM
Set: 3:12 PM
Dark night
14 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:24 AM
Set: 4:23 PM
Dark night
15 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:06 AM
Set: 5:35 PM
Dark night
16 Thursday
New Moon
1:52 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:45 AM
Set: 6:45 PM
Dark night
17 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:21 AM
Set: 7:55 PM
Dark night
18 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:57 AM
Set: 9:02 PM
Dark night
19 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:33 AM
Set: 10:07 PM
20 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:10 AM
Set: 11:09 PM
21 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:49 AM
Set: –
22 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:30 AM
Set: 12:08 AM
23 Thursday
First Quarter
9:49 PM
Visible: 46% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:15 AM
Set: 1:03 AM
24 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:02 PM
Set: 1:54 AM
25 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:53 PM
Set: 2:40 AM
26 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:46 PM
Set: 3:22 AM
27 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:40 PM
Set: 4:01 AM
28 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:36 PM
Set: 4:36 AM
29 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:34 PM
Set: 5:09 AM
30 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:32 PM
Set: 5:40 AM
31 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:32 PM
Set: 6:11 AM
1 Saturday