Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Thursday, March 5 1:07 PM Worm MoonMicromoon
  • Last Quarter Friday, March 13 1:49 PM
  • New Moon Friday, March 20 5:39 AM
  • First Quarter Friday, March 27 3:44 AM

Also in March

  • Lantern Festival Thursday, March 5 Chinese calendar
  • Purim Thursday, March 5 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Holi Friday, March 6 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Total solar eclipse Friday, March 20, 5:46 AM not visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 15–22.

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 2015 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:58 PM
Set: 4:29 AM
2 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:53 PM
Set: 5:07 AM
3 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:49 PM
Set: 5:42 AM
4 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:44 PM
Set: 6:15 AM
5 Thursday
Full Moon
1:07 PM
Worm Moon
Micromoon
Lantern Festival
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:40 PM
Set: 6:45 AM
6 Friday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:35 PM
Set: 7:14 AM
7 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:31 PM
Set: 7:44 AM
8 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:28 PM
Set: 9:14 AM
9 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:25 PM
Set: 9:46 AM
10 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 79% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:20 AM
11 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 71% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:22 AM
Set: 10:58 AM
12 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 61% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:20 AM
Set: 11:41 AM
13 Friday
Last Quarter
1:49 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:17 AM
Set: 12:30 PM
14 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 40% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:12 AM
Set: 1:25 PM
15 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 29% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:04 AM
Set: 2:27 PM
Dark night
16 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 19% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:53 AM
Set: 3:33 PM
Dark night
17 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:38 AM
Set: 4:43 PM
Dark night
18 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:21 AM
Set: 5:56 PM
Dark night
19 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:01 AM
Set: 7:09 PM
Dark night
20 Friday
New Moon
5:39 AM
Total solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:40 AM
Set: 8:22 PM
Dark night
21 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:19 AM
Set: 9:34 PM
Dark night
22 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:59 AM
Set: 10:45 PM
Dark night
23 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:42 AM
Set: 11:51 PM
24 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:27 AM
Set: –
25 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 33% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:15 AM
Set: 12:54 AM
26 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 43% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:05 PM
Set: 1:50 AM
27 Friday
First Quarter
3:44 AM
Visible: 53% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:58 PM
Set: 2:41 AM
28 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:52 PM
Set: 3:27 AM
29 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 72% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:47 PM
Set: 4:07 AM
30 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:43 PM
Set: 4:43 AM
31 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:38 PM
Set: 5:16 AM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday