The Moon Today
Tonight is a dark night for stargazing: no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness.
Dates and Times of the Phases
- First Quarter Saturday, March 2 12:13 AM
- Full Moon Sunday, March 10 4:56 AM Worm Moon
- Last Quarter Sunday, March 17 11:59 AM
- New Moon Sunday, March 24 5:54 AM
- First Quarter Sunday, March 31 9:05 PM
Also in March
- Holi Sunday, March 10 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
- Purim Sunday, March 10 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
- Eid al-Fitr Monday, March 25 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 18–26.
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).
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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24 Sunday
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25 Monday
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26 Tuesday
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27 Wednesday
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28 Thursday
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1 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:57 AM
Set: 12:52 AM
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2 Saturday
First Quarter
12:13 AM
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:34 AM
Set: 1:53 AM
|
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3 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 64% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:16 PM
Set: 2:51 AM
|
4 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:03 PM
Set: 3:45 AM
|
5 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:56 PM
Set: 4:34 AM
|
6 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:53 PM
Set: 5:17 AM
|
7 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:53 PM
Set: 5:54 AM
|
8 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:55 PM
Set: 6:26 AM
|
9 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:57 PM
Set: 6:56 AM
|
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10 Sunday
Full Moon
4:56 AM
Worm Moon
Holi Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:00 PM
Set: 8:22 AM
|
11 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:03 PM
Set: 8:48 AM
|
12 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:08 PM
Set: 9:13 AM
|
13 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:15 PM
Set: 9:39 AM
|
14 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:08 AM
|
15 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:23 AM
Set: 10:42 AM
|
16 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 61% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:33 AM
Set: 11:22 AM
|
|
17 Sunday
Last Quarter
11:59 AM
Visible: 50% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:43 AM
Set: 12:09 PM
|
18 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:49 AM
Set: 1:07 PM
Dark night
|
19 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:48 AM
Set: 2:13 PM
Dark night
|
20 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:39 AM
Set: 3:25 PM
Dark night
|
21 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 6:22 AM
Set: 4:39 PM
Dark night
|
22 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:58 AM
Set: 5:53 PM
Dark night
|
23 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:30 AM
Set: 7:05 PM
Dark night
|
|
24 Sunday
New Moon
5:54 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:59 AM
Set: 8:16 PM
Dark night
|
25 Monday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:26 AM
Set: 9:24 PM
Dark night
|
26 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:53 AM
Set: 10:31 PM
Dark night
|
27 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:22 AM
Set: 11:36 PM
|
28 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:53 AM
Set: –
|
29 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 28% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:29 AM
Set: 12:40 AM
|
30 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 37% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:09 AM
Set: 1:41 AM
|
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31 Sunday
First Quarter
9:05 PM
Visible: 46% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:55 AM
Set: 2:37 AM
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1 Monday
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2 Tuesday
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3 Wednesday
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4 Thursday
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5 Friday
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6 Saturday
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