Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Monday, March 6 12:19 AM
  • First Quarter Monday, March 13 2:00 AM
  • Full Moon Sunday, March 19 11:45 PM Worm Moon
  • Last Quarter Monday, March 27 7:24 PM

Also in March

  • Eid al-Adha Thursday, March 16 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Holi Monday, March 20 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Purim Tuesday, March 21 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 1–8, March 29–31.

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 2000 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 19% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:18 AM
Set: 2:08 PM
Dark night
2 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:03 AM
Set: 3:02 PM
Dark night
3 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:45 AM
Set: 4:00 PM
Dark night
4 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:22 AM
Set: 5:00 PM
Dark night
5 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:56 AM
Set: 6:03 PM
Dark night
6 Monday
New Moon
12:19 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:28 AM
Set: 7:06 PM
Dark night
7 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:59 AM
Set: 8:11 PM
Dark night
8 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:30 AM
Set: 9:17 PM
Dark night
9 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:02 AM
Set: 10:24 PM
10 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:36 AM
Set: 11:32 PM
11 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 32% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:14 AM
Set: –
12 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 43% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:58 AM
Set: 12:40 AM
13 Monday
First Quarter
2:00 AM
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:48 AM
Set: 1:47 AM
14 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 66% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:45 PM
Set: 2:50 AM
15 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:48 PM
Set: 3:48 AM
16 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:55 PM
Set: 4:39 AM
17 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:04 PM
Set: 5:23 AM
18 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:12 PM
Set: 6:02 AM
19 Sunday
Full Moon
11:45 PM
Worm Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:19 PM
Set: 6:37 AM
20 Monday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:25 PM
Set: 7:08 AM
21 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Purim
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:28 PM
Set: 7:39 AM
22 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:31 PM
Set: 8:09 AM
23 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:31 PM
Set: 8:40 AM
24 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:30 PM
Set: 9:12 AM
25 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 71% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:48 AM
26 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 62% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:27 AM
Set: 10:27 AM
27 Monday
Last Quarter
7:24 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:21 AM
Set: 11:10 AM
28 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:12 AM
Set: 11:58 AM
29 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 34% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:58 AM
Set: 12:50 PM
Dark night
30 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 25% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:41 AM
Set: 1:46 PM
Dark night
31 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:19 AM
Set: 2:46 PM
Dark night
1 Saturday