Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Friday, February 3 11:20 PM
  • Full Moon Friday, February 10 7:34 PM Snow Moon
  • Last Quarter Saturday, February 18 2:35 PM
  • New Moon Sunday, February 26 10:00 AM

Also in February

  • Penumbral lunar eclipse Friday, February 10, 7:44 PM visible from Columbus
  • Lantern Festival Saturday, February 11 Chinese calendar
  • Annular solar eclipse Sunday, February 26, 9:53 AM not visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 21–28.

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 2017 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
29 Sunday
30 Monday
31 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:23 AM
Set: 11:02 PM
2 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 34% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:58 AM
Set: –
3 Friday
First Quarter
11:20 PM
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:34 AM
Set: 12:09 AM
4 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 56% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:14 PM
Set: 1:17 AM
5 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:59 PM
Set: 2:24 AM
6 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:50 PM
Set: 3:30 AM
7 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:46 PM
Set: 4:33 AM
8 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:47 PM
Set: 5:31 AM
9 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:51 PM
Set: 6:22 AM
10 Friday
Full Moon
7:34 PM
Snow Moon
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:57 PM
Set: 7:08 AM
11 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Lantern Festival
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:01 PM
Set: 7:48 AM
12 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:05 PM
Set: 8:24 AM
13 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:06 PM
Set: 8:57 AM
14 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:05 PM
Set: 9:29 AM
15 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:03 PM
Set: 9:59 AM
16 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:30 AM
17 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 60% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:00 AM
Set: 11:02 AM
18 Saturday
Last Quarter
2:35 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 12:56 AM
Set: 11:37 AM
19 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 42% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:51 AM
Set: 12:14 PM
20 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:44 AM
Set: 12:56 PM
21 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 24% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:36 AM
Set: 1:42 PM
Dark night
22 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:25 AM
Set: 2:33 PM
Dark night
23 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:11 AM
Set: 3:29 PM
Dark night
24 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:55 AM
Set: 4:29 PM
Dark night
25 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:35 AM
Set: 5:32 PM
Dark night
26 Sunday
New Moon
10:00 AM
Annular solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:12 AM
Set: 6:37 PM
Dark night
27 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:48 AM
Set: 7:44 PM
Dark night
28 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:23 AM
Set: 8:51 PM
Dark night
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday