Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Sunday, February 1 5:11 PM Snow Moon
  • Last Quarter Monday, February 9 7:45 AM
  • New Moon Tuesday, February 17 7:03 AM
  • First Quarter Tuesday, February 24 7:29 AM

Also in February

  • Annular solar eclipse Tuesday, February 17, 7:12 AM not visible from Columbus
  • Lunar New Year Tuesday, February 17 Chinese calendar
  • Ramadan begins Wednesday, February 18 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen

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

January February 2026 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Full Moon
5:11 PM
Snow Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:43 PM
Set: 7:42 AM
2 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:57 PM
Set: 8:14 AM
3 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:07 PM
Set: 8:40 AM
4 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:14 PM
Set: 9:03 AM
5 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:19 PM
Set: 9:25 AM
6 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:22 PM
Set: 9:46 AM
7 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 67% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:09 AM
8 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 58% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:25 AM
Set: 10:34 AM
9 Monday
Last Quarter
7:45 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:28 AM
Set: 11:02 AM
10 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:31 AM
Set: 11:37 AM
11 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:31 AM
Set: 12:19 PM
Dark night
12 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:27 AM
Set: 1:09 PM
Dark night
13 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:17 AM
Set: 2:07 PM
Dark night
14 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 6:00 AM
Set: 3:10 PM
Dark night
15 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:36 AM
Set: 4:17 PM
Dark night
16 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:06 AM
Set: 5:26 PM
Dark night
17 Tuesday
New Moon
7:03 AM
Annular solar eclipse
Lunar New Year
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:32 AM
Set: 6:34 PM
Dark night
18 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Ramadan begins
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:56 AM
Set: 7:43 PM
Dark night
19 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:19 AM
Set: 8:52 PM
Dark night
20 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:42 AM
Set: 10:03 PM
21 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:07 AM
Set: 11:16 PM
22 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 30% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:36 AM
Set: –
23 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:11 AM
Set: 12:32 AM
24 Tuesday
First Quarter
7:29 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 10:55 AM
Set: 1:47 AM
25 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:50 AM
Set: 3:00 AM
26 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 74% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:55 PM
Set: 4:04 AM
27 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:08 PM
Set: 4:57 AM
28 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:23 PM
Set: 5:39 AM