Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Thursday, February 8 3:24 AM
  • First Quarter Thursday, February 15 8:18 AM
  • Full Moon Thursday, February 22 3:55 AM Snow Moon

Also in February

  • Lunar New Year Thursday, February 8 Chinese calendar
  • Eid al-Adha Sunday, February 18 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse Thursday, February 22, 4:05 AM visible from Columbus
  • Lantern Festival Thursday, February 22 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 3–10.

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 2035 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
31 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 36% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:05 AM
Set: 12:44 PM
2 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:59 AM
Set: 1:22 PM
3 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:52 AM
Set: 2:05 PM
Dark night
4 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:42 AM
Set: 2:51 PM
Dark night
5 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:30 AM
Set: 3:42 PM
Dark night
6 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:15 AM
Set: 4:37 PM
Dark night
7 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:56 AM
Set: 5:35 PM
Dark night
8 Thursday
New Moon
3:24 AM
Lunar New Year
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:34 AM
Set: 6:35 PM
Dark night
9 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:10 AM
Set: 7:37 PM
Dark night
10 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:45 AM
Set: 8:41 PM
Dark night
11 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:19 AM
Set: 9:45 PM
12 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:53 AM
Set: 10:50 PM
13 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 30% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:29 AM
Set: 11:56 PM
14 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 41% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:07 AM
Set: –
15 Thursday
First Quarter
8:18 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:50 AM
Set: 1:03 AM
16 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:38 PM
Set: 2:09 AM
17 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 74% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:31 PM
Set: 3:13 AM
18 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:30 PM
Set: 4:13 AM
19 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:34 PM
Set: 5:08 AM
20 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:40 PM
Set: 5:57 AM
21 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:47 PM
Set: 6:41 AM
22 Thursday
Full Moon
3:55 AM
Snow Moon
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lantern Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:52 PM
Set: 7:20 AM
23 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:56 PM
Set: 7:55 AM
24 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:58 PM
Set: 8:29 AM
25 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:59 PM
Set: 9:01 AM
26 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:57 PM
Set: 9:33 AM
27 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:54 PM
Set: 10:06 AM
28 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:41 AM
1 Thursday
2 Friday
3 Saturday