Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Friday, February 2 6:20 PM
  • New Moon Friday, February 9 6:01 PM
  • First Quarter Friday, February 16 10:02 AM
  • Full Moon Saturday, February 24 7:31 AM Snow MoonMicromoon

Also in February

  • Lunar New Year Saturday, February 10 Chinese calendar
  • Lantern Festival Saturday, February 24 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 4–11.

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 2024 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
31 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 62% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:48 AM
2 Friday
Last Quarter
6:20 PM
Visible: 52% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:42 AM
Set: 11:12 AM
3 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 43% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:47 AM
Set: 11:40 AM
4 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:54 AM
Set: 12:15 PM
Dark night
5 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:04 AM
Set: 12:59 PM
Dark night
6 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:11 AM
Set: 1:56 PM
Dark night
7 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 6:11 AM
Set: 3:05 PM
Dark night
8 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:02 AM
Set: 4:23 PM
Dark night
9 Friday
New Moon
6:01 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:44 AM
Set: 5:44 PM
Dark night
10 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Lunar New Year
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:17 AM
Set: 7:05 PM
Dark night
11 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:46 AM
Set: 8:24 PM
Dark night
12 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:12 AM
Set: 9:40 PM
13 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:37 AM
Set: 10:55 PM
14 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 29% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:03 AM
Set: –
15 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 40% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:32 AM
Set: 12:09 AM
16 Friday
First Quarter
10:02 AM
Visible: 51% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:05 AM
Set: 1:22 AM
17 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 61% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:44 AM
Set: 2:33 AM
18 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 71% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:30 PM
Set: 3:39 AM
19 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:24 PM
Set: 4:38 AM
20 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:24 PM
Set: 5:28 AM
21 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:27 PM
Set: 6:09 AM
22 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:31 PM
Set: 6:43 AM
23 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:33 PM
Set: 7:10 AM
24 Saturday
Full Moon
7:31 AM
Snow Moon
Micromoon
Lantern Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:34 PM
Set: 7:33 AM
25 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:34 PM
Set: 7:54 AM
26 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:33 PM
Set: 8:13 AM
27 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:32 PM
Set: 8:33 AM
28 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 85% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:33 PM
Set: 8:53 AM
29 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:36 PM
Set: 9:15 AM
1 Friday
2 Saturday