Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Thursday, March 8 4:42 AM Worm MoonSupermoon
  • Last Quarter Wednesday, March 14 9:27 PM
  • New Moon Thursday, March 22 10:39 AM
  • First Quarter Friday, March 30 3:42 PM

Also in March

  • Holi Thursday, March 8 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Purim Thursday, March 8 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 16–24.

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 2012 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26 Sunday
27 Monday
28 Tuesday
29 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:44 AM
Set: 2:02 AM
2 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 66% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:37 PM
Set: 2:52 AM
3 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:36 PM
Set: 3:38 AM
4 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:39 PM
Set: 4:19 AM
5 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:46 PM
Set: 4:57 AM
6 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:55 PM
Set: 5:32 AM
7 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:05 PM
Set: 6:05 AM
8 Thursday
Full Moon
4:42 AM
Worm Moon
Supermoon
Holi
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:18 PM
Set: 6:37 AM
9 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:31 PM
Set: 7:10 AM
10 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:45 PM
Set: 7:46 AM
11 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 85% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:58 PM
Set: 9:25 AM
12 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:09 AM
13 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:08 AM
Set: 10:59 AM
14 Wednesday
Last Quarter
9:27 PM
Visible: 54% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:13 AM
Set: 11:55 AM
15 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 43% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 3:10 AM
Set: 12:56 PM
16 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:59 AM
Set: 2:00 PM
Dark night
17 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:40 AM
Set: 3:05 PM
Dark night
18 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:16 AM
Set: 4:09 PM
Dark night
19 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:48 AM
Set: 5:11 PM
Dark night
20 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:17 AM
Set: 6:12 PM
Dark night
21 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:44 AM
Set: 7:12 PM
Dark night
22 Thursday
New Moon
10:39 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:11 AM
Set: 8:11 PM
Dark night
23 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:38 AM
Set: 9:09 PM
Dark night
24 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:07 AM
Set: 10:07 PM
Dark night
25 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:39 AM
Set: 11:05 PM
26 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:14 AM
Set: –
27 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:54 AM
Set: 12:00 AM
28 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 30% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:38 AM
Set: 12:54 AM
29 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 39% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:28 AM
Set: 1:44 AM
30 Friday
First Quarter
3:42 PM
Visible: 49% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:24 PM
Set: 2:30 AM
31 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 59% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:23 PM
Set: 3:13 AM