Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Thursday, March 1 7:52 PM Worm Moon
  • Last Quarter Friday, March 9 6:23 AM
  • New Moon Saturday, March 17 9:14 AM
  • First Quarter Saturday, March 24 11:36 AM
  • Full Moon Saturday, March 31 8:38 AM Worm MoonBlue Moon

Also in March

  • Purim Thursday, March 1 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Holi Friday, March 2 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Lantern Festival Friday, March 2 Chinese calendar
  • Passover Saturday, March 31 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 11–19.

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 2018 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
25 Sunday
26 Monday
27 Tuesday
28 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Full Moon
7:52 PM
Worm Moon
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:12 PM
Set: 6:59 AM
2 Friday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Lantern Festival
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:21 PM
Set: 7:37 AM
3 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:29 PM
Set: 8:11 AM
4 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:34 PM
Set: 8:44 AM
5 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:37 PM
Set: 9:16 AM
6 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:38 PM
Set: 9:48 AM
7 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 67% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:22 AM
8 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 57% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:36 AM
Set: 10:59 AM
9 Friday
Last Quarter
6:23 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:32 AM
Set: 11:39 AM
10 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:26 AM
Set: 12:23 PM
11 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:15 AM
Set: 2:11 PM
Dark night
12 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 5:01 AM
Set: 3:02 PM
Dark night
13 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:43 AM
Set: 3:57 PM
Dark night
14 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 6:21 AM
Set: 4:55 PM
Dark night
15 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:56 AM
Set: 5:54 PM
Dark night
16 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:29 AM
Set: 6:55 PM
Dark night
17 Saturday
New Moon
9:14 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:00 AM
Set: 7:57 PM
Dark night
18 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:31 AM
Set: 9:01 PM
Dark night
19 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:02 AM
Set: 10:05 PM
Dark night
20 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:36 AM
Set: 11:11 PM
21 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:12 AM
Set: –
22 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 28% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:53 AM
Set: 12:18 AM
23 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 39% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:39 AM
Set: 1:24 AM
24 Saturday
First Quarter
11:36 AM
Visible: 50% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:32 PM
Set: 2:29 AM
25 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 62% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:32 PM
Set: 3:29 AM
26 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 72% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:36 PM
Set: 4:23 AM
27 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:44 PM
Set: 5:12 AM
28 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:53 PM
Set: 5:54 AM
29 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:02 PM
Set: 6:32 AM
30 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:09 PM
Set: 7:07 AM
31 Saturday
Full Moon
8:38 AM
Worm Moon
Blue Moon
Passover
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:15 PM
Set: 7:40 AM