Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Saturday, March 4 9:12 PM Worm Moon
  • Last Quarter Monday, March 13 2:47 AM
  • New Moon Monday, March 20 6:17 AM
  • First Quarter Sunday, March 26 9:20 PM

Also in March

  • Eid al-Adha Wednesday, March 1 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Holi Sunday, March 5 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Lantern Festival Sunday, March 5 Chinese calendar
  • Purim Sunday, March 5 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Total solar eclipse Monday, March 20, 6:17 AM not visible from Columbus
  • Islamic New Year 1456 AH Tuesday, March 21 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: March 15–22.

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 2034 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26 Sunday
27 Monday
28 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:20 PM
Set: 4:44 AM
2 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:21 PM
Set: 5:26 AM
3 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:21 PM
Set: 6:03 AM
4 Saturday
Full Moon
9:12 PM
Worm Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:20 PM
Set: 6:37 AM
5 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Lantern Festival
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:18 PM
Set: 7:08 AM
6 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:15 PM
Set: 7:39 AM
7 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:11 PM
Set: 8:09 AM
8 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:07 PM
Set: 8:40 AM
9 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:02 PM
Set: 9:12 AM
10 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:56 PM
Set: 9:47 AM
11 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:25 AM
12 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 56% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:50 AM
Set: 12:07 PM
13 Monday
Last Quarter
2:47 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:42 AM
Set: 12:54 PM
14 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 36% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:31 AM
Set: 1:45 PM
15 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 27% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:19 AM
Set: 2:42 PM
Dark night
16 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:03 AM
Set: 3:44 PM
Dark night
17 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:45 AM
Set: 4:49 PM
Dark night
18 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:25 AM
Set: 5:57 PM
Dark night
19 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:03 AM
Set: 7:07 PM
Dark night
20 Monday
New Moon
6:17 AM
Total solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:41 AM
Set: 8:19 PM
Dark night
21 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1456 AH
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:20 AM
Set: 9:31 PM
Dark night
22 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:01 AM
Set: 10:43 PM
Dark night
23 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:44 AM
Set: 11:53 PM
24 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:32 AM
Set: –
25 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 35% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:23 AM
Set: 12:59 AM
26 Sunday
First Quarter
9:20 PM
Visible: 46% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:18 PM
Set: 2:00 AM
27 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 57% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:16 PM
Set: 2:55 AM
28 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:15 PM
Set: 3:43 AM
29 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 3:15 PM
Set: 4:26 AM
30 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 4:14 PM
Set: 5:04 AM
31 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 5:12 PM
Set: 5:38 AM
1 Saturday