Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Friday, February 6 2:14 AM
  • First Quarter Thursday, February 12 11:10 PM
  • Full Moon Saturday, February 21 3:19 AM Snow Moon
  • Last Quarter Saturday, February 28 9:33 PM

Also in February

  • Lunar New Year Friday, February 6 Chinese calendar
  • Eid al-Adha Monday, February 16 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Lantern Festival Friday, February 20 Chinese calendar
  • Partial lunar eclipse Saturday, February 21, 3:30 AM visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 1–8.

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 1970 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:28 AM
Set: 12:30 PM
Dark night
2 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:40 AM
Set: 1:26 PM
Dark night
3 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:45 AM
Set: 2:34 PM
Dark night
4 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:40 AM
Set: 3:53 PM
Dark night
5 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:25 AM
Set: 5:16 PM
Dark night
6 Friday
New Moon
2:14 AM
Lunar New Year
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:00 AM
Set: 6:38 PM
Dark night
7 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:30 AM
Set: 7:57 PM
Dark night
8 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:55 AM
Set: 9:12 PM
Dark night
9 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:20 AM
Set: 10:25 PM
10 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:44 AM
Set: 11:36 PM
11 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 35% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:10 AM
Set: –
12 Thursday
First Quarter
11:10 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:40 AM
Set: 12:46 AM
13 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:14 AM
Set: 1:55 AM
14 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:55 AM
Set: 3:00 AM
15 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 74% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:44 PM
Set: 4:00 AM
16 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:39 PM
Set: 4:52 AM
17 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:38 PM
Set: 5:36 AM
18 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:40 PM
Set: 6:12 AM
19 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:43 PM
Set: 6:42 AM
20 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Lantern Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:45 PM
Set: 7:07 AM
21 Saturday
Full Moon
3:19 AM
Snow Moon
Partial lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:46 PM
Set: 7:29 AM
22 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:47 PM
Set: 7:50 AM
23 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:48 PM
Set: 8:09 AM
24 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:51 PM
Set: 8:30 AM
25 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:56 PM
Set: 8:51 AM
26 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:17 AM
27 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:04 AM
Set: 9:47 AM
28 Saturday
Last Quarter
9:33 PM
Visible: 54% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:14 AM
Set: 10:25 AM