Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Monday, February 8 9:40 AM
  • First Quarter Monday, February 15 2:48 AM
  • Full Moon Monday, February 22 1:21 PM Snow Moon

Also in February

  • Lunar New Year Monday, February 8 Chinese calendar
  • Lantern Festival Monday, February 22 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 3–10.

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 2016 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
31 Sunday
1 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 45% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:17 AM
Set: 12:10 PM
2 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 35% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:13 AM
Set: 12:47 PM
3 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:09 AM
Set: 1:29 PM
Dark night
4 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:04 AM
Set: 2:17 PM
Dark night
5 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:58 AM
Set: 3:11 PM
Dark night
6 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:49 AM
Set: 4:11 PM
Dark night
7 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:37 AM
Set: 5:15 PM
Dark night
8 Monday
New Moon
9:40 AM
Lunar New Year
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:22 AM
Set: 6:23 PM
Dark night
9 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:03 AM
Set: 7:33 PM
Dark night
10 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:42 AM
Set: 8:44 PM
Dark night
11 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 13% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:19 AM
Set: 9:54 PM
12 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:57 AM
Set: 11:04 PM
13 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 32% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:35 AM
Set: –
14 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 43% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:16 AM
Set: 12:12 AM
15 Monday
First Quarter
2:48 AM
Visible: 54% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:59 AM
Set: 1:19 AM
16 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:47 PM
Set: 2:22 AM
17 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:38 PM
Set: 3:22 AM
18 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:33 PM
Set: 4:16 AM
19 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:30 PM
Set: 5:05 AM
20 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:29 PM
Set: 5:49 AM
21 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:28 PM
Set: 6:28 AM
22 Monday
Full Moon
1:21 PM
Snow Moon
Lantern Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:26 PM
Set: 7:03 AM
23 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:24 PM
Set: 7:36 AM
24 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:20 PM
Set: 8:06 AM
25 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:16 PM
Set: 8:36 AM
26 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:12 PM
Set: 9:06 AM
27 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 79% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:07 PM
Set: 9:36 AM
28 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 71% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:09 AM
29 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 62% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:03 AM
Set: 10:44 AM
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday