Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Friday, March 7 3:50 AM
  • New Moon Thursday, March 13 8:09 PM
  • First Quarter Thursday, March 20 7:31 PM
  • Full Moon Friday, March 28 11:50 PM Worm Moon

Also in March

  • Eid al-Fitr Saturday, March 15 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Holi Saturday, March 29 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Passover Saturday, March 29 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Easter Monday, March 30 Christian; the Sunday after the first Full Moon of spring (by the Church's tables)

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 8–15.

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 2059 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
23 Sunday
24 Monday
25 Tuesday
26 Wednesday
27 Thursday
28 Friday
1 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:40 PM
Set: 8:23 AM
2 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:40 PM
Set: 8:45 AM
3 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:41 PM
Set: 9:08 AM
4 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:45 PM
Set: 9:33 AM
5 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 67% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:01 AM
6 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 57% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:51 AM
Set: 10:35 AM
7 Friday
Last Quarter
3:50 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:58 AM
Set: 11:18 AM
8 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 35% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:05 AM
Set: 12:10 PM
Dark night
9 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 25% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 5:06 AM
Set: 2:14 PM
Dark night
10 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 6:00 AM
Set: 3:26 PM
Dark night
11 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 6:46 AM
Set: 4:44 PM
Dark night
12 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 7:25 AM
Set: 6:04 PM
Dark night
13 Thursday
New Moon
8:09 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:58 AM
Set: 7:22 PM
Dark night
14 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:27 AM
Set: 8:39 PM
Dark night
15 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:55 AM
Set: 9:54 PM
Dark night
16 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 10% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:23 AM
Set: 11:08 PM
17 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:53 AM
Set: –
18 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:26 AM
Set: 12:20 AM
19 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 37% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:04 AM
Set: 1:30 AM
20 Thursday
First Quarter
7:31 PM
Visible: 47% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:48 AM
Set: 2:35 AM
21 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 57% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:38 PM
Set: 3:34 AM
22 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 66% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:34 PM
Set: 4:26 AM
23 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:32 PM
Set: 5:09 AM
24 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 83% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:33 PM
Set: 5:46 AM
25 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:33 PM
Set: 6:16 AM
26 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:33 PM
Set: 6:43 AM
27 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:33 PM
Set: 7:07 AM
28 Friday
Full Moon
11:50 PM
Worm Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:33 PM
Set: 7:29 AM
29 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Passover
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:33 PM
Set: 7:50 AM
30 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Easter
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:34 PM
Set: 8:12 AM
31 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:38 PM
Set: 8:36 AM
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday