Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Tuesday, February 3 6:10 PM Snow Moon
  • Last Quarter Wednesday, February 11 10:52 PM
  • New Moon Wednesday, February 18 6:49 PM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, February 25 12:15 PM

Also in February

  • Lunar New Year Thursday, February 19 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 14–20.

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 2015 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:08 PM
Set: 5:48 AM
2 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:03 PM
Set: 6:29 AM
3 Tuesday
Full Moon
6:10 PM
Snow Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:59 PM
Set: 7:07 AM
4 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:55 PM
Set: 7:41 AM
5 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:50 PM
Set: 8:12 AM
6 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:46 PM
Set: 8:42 AM
7 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:41 PM
Set: 9:11 AM
8 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 81% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:37 PM
Set: 9:41 AM
9 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:34 PM
Set: 10:11 AM
10 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:43 AM
11 Wednesday
Last Quarter
10:52 PM
Visible: 54% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:32 AM
Set: 11:19 AM
12 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:30 AM
Set: 12:00 PM
13 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 34% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:29 AM
Set: 12:46 PM
14 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 24% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:27 AM
Set: 1:39 PM
Dark night
15 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 15% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:23 AM
Set: 2:40 PM
Dark night
16 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:16 AM
Set: 3:46 PM
Dark night
17 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:05 AM
Set: 4:57 PM
Dark night
18 Wednesday
New Moon
6:49 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:50 AM
Set: 6:10 PM
Dark night
19 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Lunar New Year
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:31 AM
Set: 7:24 PM
Dark night
20 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:11 AM
Set: 8:37 PM
Dark night
21 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:49 AM
Set: 9:49 PM
22 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:27 AM
Set: 10:58 PM
23 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 29% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:07 AM
Set: –
24 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 39% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:49 AM
Set: 12:04 AM
25 Wednesday
First Quarter
12:15 PM
Visible: 50% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:33 AM
Set: 1:07 AM
26 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:21 PM
Set: 2:05 AM
27 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:11 PM
Set: 2:58 AM
28 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:04 PM
Set: 3:46 AM