Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Tuesday, March 7 7:43 AM Worm Moon
  • Last Quarter Tuesday, March 14 10:10 PM
  • New Moon Tuesday, March 21 1:27 PM
  • First Quarter Tuesday, March 28 10:33 PM

Also in March

  • Purim Tuesday, March 7 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Holi Wednesday, March 8 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Ramadan begins Thursday, March 23 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 15–23.

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 2023 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26 Sunday
27 Monday
28 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 72% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:45 PM
Set: 3:54 AM
2 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:40 PM
Set: 4:44 AM
3 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:40 PM
Set: 5:25 AM
4 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:41 PM
Set: 6:00 AM
5 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:44 PM
Set: 6:30 AM
6 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:46 PM
Set: 6:55 AM
7 Tuesday
Full Moon
7:43 AM
Worm Moon
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:47 PM
Set: 7:18 AM
8 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:49 PM
Set: 7:39 AM
9 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:52 PM
Set: 8:00 AM
10 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:56 PM
Set: 8:22 AM
11 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:04 PM
Set: 8:46 AM
12 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:14 AM
13 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:14 AM
Set: 10:49 AM
14 Tuesday
Last Quarter
10:10 PM
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:25 AM
Set: 11:32 AM
15 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 43% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 3:34 AM
Set: 12:26 PM
Dark night
16 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 32% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 4:37 AM
Set: 1:31 PM
Dark night
17 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 5:30 AM
Set: 2:45 PM
Dark night
18 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 6:14 AM
Set: 4:04 PM
Dark night
19 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:50 AM
Set: 5:23 PM
Dark night
20 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:20 AM
Set: 6:40 PM
Dark night
21 Tuesday
New Moon
1:27 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:46 AM
Set: 7:54 PM
Dark night
22 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:11 AM
Set: 9:07 PM
Dark night
23 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Ramadan begins
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:37 AM
Set: 10:19 PM
Dark night
24 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:03 AM
Set: 11:30 PM
25 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:33 AM
Set: –
26 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:08 AM
Set: 12:39 AM
27 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:49 AM
Set: 1:45 AM
28 Tuesday
First Quarter
10:33 PM
Visible: 46% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:36 AM
Set: 2:46 AM
29 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:30 PM
Set: 3:39 AM
30 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:29 PM
Set: 4:24 AM
31 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:30 PM
Set: 5:01 AM
1 Saturday