Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Monday, February 2 12:24 AM
  • First Quarter Sunday, February 8 4:44 PM
  • Full Moon Monday, February 16 4:58 AM Snow Moon
  • Last Quarter Tuesday, February 24 10:09 AM

Also in February

  • Lunar New Year Monday, February 2 Chinese calendar
  • Ramadan begins Tuesday, February 3 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Lantern Festival Monday, February 16 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 1–4, February 26–29.

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 2060 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:42 AM
Set: 5:11 PM
Dark night
2 Monday
New Moon
12:24 AM
Lunar New Year
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:23 AM
Set: 6:28 PM
Dark night
3 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Ramadan begins
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:57 AM
Set: 7:46 PM
Dark night
4 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:26 AM
Set: 9:02 PM
Dark night
5 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:53 AM
Set: 10:16 PM
6 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:19 AM
Set: 11:30 PM
7 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 37% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:46 AM
Set: –
8 Sunday
First Quarter
4:44 PM
Visible: 48% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:15 AM
Set: 12:43 AM
9 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 59% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:49 AM
Set: 1:56 AM
10 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 69% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:29 PM
Set: 3:08 AM
11 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 79% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:18 PM
Set: 4:16 AM
12 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:14 PM
Set: 5:17 AM
13 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:15 PM
Set: 6:09 AM
14 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:20 PM
Set: 6:51 AM
15 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:25 PM
Set: 7:26 AM
16 Monday
Full Moon
4:58 AM
Snow Moon
Lantern Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:29 PM
Set: 7:54 AM
17 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:30 PM
Set: 8:19 AM
18 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:30 PM
Set: 8:41 AM
19 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:29 PM
Set: 9:01 AM
20 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:28 PM
Set: 9:21 AM
21 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 77% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:27 PM
Set: 9:42 AM
22 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 68% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:05 AM
23 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 59% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:29 AM
Set: 10:32 AM
24 Tuesday
Last Quarter
10:09 AM
Visible: 49% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:32 AM
Set: 11:04 AM
25 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:37 AM
Set: 11:44 AM
26 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 29% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:40 AM
Set: 12:34 PM
Dark night
27 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:39 AM
Set: 1:34 PM
Dark night
28 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:31 AM
Set: 2:44 PM
Dark night
29 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:15 AM
Set: 3:59 PM
Dark night
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
4 Thursday
5 Friday
6 Saturday