Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Wednesday, February 4 8:50 AM
  • New Moon Wednesday, February 11 1:26 AM
  • First Quarter Tuesday, February 17 10:29 PM
  • Full Moon Thursday, February 26 2:44 AM Snow Moon

Also in February

  • Lunar New Year Wednesday, February 11 Chinese calendar
  • Lantern Festival Wednesday, February 25 Chinese calendar
  • Purim Thursday, February 26 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 6–13.

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 2032 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 77% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:03 PM
Set: 9:51 AM
2 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 69% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:21 AM
3 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 59% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:03 AM
Set: 10:55 AM
4 Wednesday
Last Quarter
8:50 AM
Visible: 49% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:05 AM
Set: 11:33 AM
5 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 38% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:07 AM
Set: 12:18 PM
6 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:09 AM
Set: 1:10 PM
Dark night
7 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:09 AM
Set: 2:10 PM
Dark night
8 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:05 AM
Set: 3:17 PM
Dark night
9 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:56 AM
Set: 4:29 PM
Dark night
10 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:41 AM
Set: 5:44 PM
Dark night
11 Wednesday
New Moon
1:26 AM
Lunar New Year
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:22 AM
Set: 6:59 PM
Dark night
12 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:00 AM
Set: 8:12 PM
Dark night
13 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:36 AM
Set: 9:24 PM
Dark night
14 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:11 AM
Set: 10:33 PM
15 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:47 AM
Set: 11:39 PM
16 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 35% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:25 AM
Set: –
17 Tuesday
First Quarter
10:29 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:05 AM
Set: 12:43 AM
18 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:49 AM
Set: 1:42 AM
19 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:36 PM
Set: 2:37 AM
20 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 74% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:27 PM
Set: 3:26 AM
21 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:20 PM
Set: 4:11 AM
22 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:14 PM
Set: 4:51 AM
23 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:10 PM
Set: 5:27 AM
24 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:07 PM
Set: 5:59 AM
25 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Lantern Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:03 PM
Set: 6:29 AM
26 Thursday
Full Moon
2:44 AM
Snow Moon
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:00 PM
Set: 6:58 AM
27 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:58 PM
Set: 7:26 AM
28 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:57 PM
Set: 7:55 AM
29 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:56 PM
Set: 8:25 AM
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
4 Thursday
5 Friday
6 Saturday