Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Wednesday, March 4 2:46 AM
  • Full Moon Tuesday, March 10 10:38 PM Worm Moon
  • Last Quarter Wednesday, March 18 1:50 PM
  • New Moon Thursday, March 26 12:08 PM

Also in March

  • Purim Tuesday, March 10 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Holi Wednesday, March 11 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 19–28.

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 2009 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 8:57 AM
Set: 11:47 PM
2 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 32% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:33 AM
Set: –
3 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 43% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:17 AM
Set: 12:59 AM
4 Wednesday
First Quarter
2:46 AM
Visible: 54% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:12 AM
Set: 2:08 AM
5 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 66% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:17 PM
Set: 3:11 AM
6 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:29 PM
Set: 4:04 AM
7 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:45 PM
Set: 4:48 AM
8 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:01 PM
Set: 6:24 AM
9 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:15 PM
Set: 6:55 AM
10 Tuesday
Full Moon
10:38 PM
Worm Moon
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:27 PM
Set: 7:22 AM
11 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:37 PM
Set: 7:47 AM
12 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:45 PM
Set: 8:12 AM
13 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:53 PM
Set: 8:39 AM
14 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:59 PM
Set: 9:08 AM
15 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:40 AM
16 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 69% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:04 AM
Set: 10:19 AM
17 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 60% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:03 AM
Set: 11:03 AM
18 Wednesday
Last Quarter
1:50 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:58 AM
Set: 11:54 AM
19 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 41% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 3:45 AM
Set: 12:50 PM
Dark night
20 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 32% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 4:25 AM
Set: 1:50 PM
Dark night
21 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 24% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:59 AM
Set: 2:52 PM
Dark night
22 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:28 AM
Set: 3:55 PM
Dark night
23 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:54 AM
Set: 4:58 PM
Dark night
24 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:18 AM
Set: 6:02 PM
Dark night
25 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:41 AM
Set: 7:07 PM
Dark night
26 Thursday
New Moon
12:08 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:05 AM
Set: 8:14 PM
Dark night
27 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:30 AM
Set: 9:23 PM
Dark night
28 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:59 AM
Set: 10:35 PM
Dark night
29 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:34 AM
Set: 11:48 PM
30 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:16 AM
Set: –
31 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 28% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:08 AM
Set: 1:00 AM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday