Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Friday, February 1 12:45 AM
  • First Quarter Thursday, February 7 6:41 PM
  • Full Moon Friday, February 15 9:23 PM Snow MoonMicromoon
  • Last Quarter Saturday, February 23 7:31 PM

Also in February

  • Lunar New Year Friday, February 1 Chinese calendar
  • Lantern Festival Friday, February 15 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 1–3, February 25–28.

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 2041 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
31 Thursday
1 Friday
New Moon
12:45 AM
Lunar New Year
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:24 AM
Set: 6:30 PM
Dark night
2 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 9:00 AM
Set: 7:49 PM
Dark night
3 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:31 AM
Set: 9:06 PM
Dark night
4 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:58 AM
Set: 10:19 PM
5 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:24 AM
Set: 11:30 PM
6 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:49 AM
Set: –
7 Thursday
First Quarter
6:41 PM
Visible: 47% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:17 AM
Set: 12:39 AM
8 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 57% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:48 AM
Set: 1:47 AM
9 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:23 PM
Set: 2:52 AM
10 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:04 PM
Set: 3:55 AM
11 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:52 PM
Set: 4:53 AM
12 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:46 PM
Set: 5:44 AM
13 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:44 PM
Set: 6:28 AM
14 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:45 PM
Set: 7:05 AM
15 Friday
Full Moon
9:23 PM
Snow Moon
Micromoon
Lantern Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:46 PM
Set: 7:36 AM
16 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:47 PM
Set: 8:03 AM
17 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:47 PM
Set: 8:26 AM
18 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:47 PM
Set: 8:48 AM
19 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:48 PM
Set: 9:09 AM
20 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:50 PM
Set: 9:31 AM
21 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:54 PM
Set: 9:54 AM
22 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:21 AM
23 Saturday
Last Quarter
7:31 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:01 AM
Set: 10:53 AM
24 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 42% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:11 AM
Set: 11:33 AM
25 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 32% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:21 AM
Set: 12:23 PM
Dark night
26 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 21% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:26 AM
Set: 1:25 PM
Dark night
27 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:24 AM
Set: 2:38 PM
Dark night
28 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:13 AM
Set: 3:57 PM
Dark night
1 Friday
2 Saturday