Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Sunday, February 5 1:31 PM Snow MoonMicromoon
  • Last Quarter Monday, February 13 11:03 AM
  • New Moon Monday, February 20 2:09 AM
  • First Quarter Monday, February 27 3:07 AM

Also in February

  • Lantern Festival Sunday, February 5 Chinese calendar

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

January February 2023 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
29 Sunday
30 Monday
31 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:00 PM
Set: 5:04 AM
2 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 2:52 PM
Set: 5:58 AM
3 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:48 PM
Set: 6:45 AM
4 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:49 PM
Set: 7:25 AM
5 Sunday
Full Moon
1:31 PM
Snow Moon
Micromoon
Lantern Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:50 PM
Set: 7:58 AM
6 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:52 PM
Set: 8:26 AM
7 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:54 PM
Set: 8:51 AM
8 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:55 PM
Set: 9:13 AM
9 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:56 PM
Set: 9:34 AM
10 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 79% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 10:58 PM
Set: 9:55 AM
11 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:17 AM
12 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 60% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:04 AM
Set: 10:43 AM
13 Monday
Last Quarter
11:03 AM
Visible: 49% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:12 AM
Set: 11:13 AM
14 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:23 AM
Set: 11:50 AM
15 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:36 AM
Set: 12:38 PM
Dark night
16 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 18% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:45 AM
Set: 1:38 PM
Dark night
17 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:47 AM
Set: 2:50 PM
Dark night
18 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:39 AM
Set: 4:10 PM
Dark night
19 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:20 AM
Set: 5:31 PM
Dark night
20 Monday
New Moon
2:09 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:54 AM
Set: 6:51 PM
Dark night
21 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:22 AM
Set: 8:07 PM
Dark night
22 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:48 AM
Set: 9:20 PM
Dark night
23 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:13 AM
Set: 10:31 PM
24 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:38 AM
Set: 11:41 PM
25 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 34% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:06 AM
Set: –
26 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 44% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:37 AM
Set: 12:49 AM
27 Monday
First Quarter
3:07 AM
Visible: 54% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:13 AM
Set: 1:55 AM
28 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:56 AM
Set: 2:58 AM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday