Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Sunday, March 3 10:25 AM
  • New Moon Sunday, March 10 5:03 AM
  • First Quarter Sunday, March 17 12:12 AM
  • Full Moon Monday, March 25 3:02 AM Worm MoonMicromoon

Also in March

  • Ramadan begins Monday, March 11 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Purim Sunday, March 24 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse Monday, March 25, 3:13 AM visible from Columbus
  • Holi Monday, March 25 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Easter Monday, March 31 Christian; the Sunday after the first Full Moon of spring (by the Church's tables)

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 4–12.

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 2024 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
25 Sunday
26 Monday
27 Tuesday
28 Wednesday
29 Thursday
1 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 69% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:40 AM
2 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 59% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:42 AM
Set: 10:11 AM
3 Sunday
Last Quarter
10:25 AM
Visible: 49% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:49 AM
Set: 10:50 AM
4 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:55 AM
Set: 11:40 AM
Dark night
5 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:56 AM
Set: 12:42 PM
Dark night
6 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 19% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:50 AM
Set: 1:54 PM
Dark night
7 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:35 AM
Set: 3:12 PM
Dark night
8 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:12 AM
Set: 4:33 PM
Dark night
9 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:43 AM
Set: 5:53 PM
Dark night
10 Sunday
New Moon
5:03 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:10 AM
Set: 8:12 PM
Dark night
11 Monday
Waxing crescent
Ramadan begins
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:36 AM
Set: 9:30 PM
Dark night
12 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:02 AM
Set: 10:47 PM
Dark night
13 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:30 AM
Set: –
14 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:02 AM
Set: 12:04 AM
15 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 34% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:40 AM
Set: 1:19 AM
16 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:25 AM
Set: 2:29 AM
17 Sunday
First Quarter
12:12 AM
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:17 PM
Set: 3:33 AM
18 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:16 PM
Set: 4:26 AM
19 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 74% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:19 PM
Set: 5:10 AM
20 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:23 PM
Set: 5:46 AM
21 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:25 PM
Set: 6:15 AM
22 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:27 PM
Set: 6:39 AM
23 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:27 PM
Set: 7:00 AM
24 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:26 PM
Set: 7:20 AM
25 Monday
Full Moon
3:02 AM
Worm Moon
Micromoon
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Holi
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:25 PM
Set: 7:39 AM
26 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:26 PM
Set: 7:58 AM
27 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:28 PM
Set: 8:20 AM
28 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:33 PM
Set: 8:44 AM
29 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:13 AM
30 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:40 AM
Set: 9:49 AM
31 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Easter
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:46 AM
Set: 10:34 AM
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
4 Thursday
5 Friday
6 Saturday