Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Wednesday, February 5 3:04 AM
  • Full Moon Wednesday, February 12 8:54 AM Snow Moon
  • Last Quarter Thursday, February 20 12:35 PM
  • New Moon Thursday, February 27 7:47 PM

Also in February

  • Lantern Festival Wednesday, February 12 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 22–28.

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 2025 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26 Sunday
27 Monday
28 Tuesday
29 Wednesday
30 Thursday
31 Friday
1 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 13% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:32 AM
Set: 9:46 PM
2 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:56 AM
Set: 11:00 PM
3 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 32% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:21 AM
Set: –
4 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 43% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:48 AM
Set: 12:14 AM
5 Wednesday
First Quarter
3:04 AM
Visible: 54% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:21 AM
Set: 1:29 AM
6 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:01 PM
Set: 2:45 AM
7 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 75% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:49 PM
Set: 3:57 AM
8 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:48 PM
Set: 5:02 AM
9 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 91% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:54 PM
Set: 5:57 AM
10 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:03 PM
Set: 6:41 AM
11 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:12 PM
Set: 7:16 AM
12 Wednesday
Full Moon
8:54 AM
Snow Moon
Lantern Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:19 PM
Set: 7:45 AM
13 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:23 PM
Set: 8:09 AM
14 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:25 PM
Set: 8:30 AM
15 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:25 PM
Set: 8:49 AM
16 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:25 PM
Set: 9:09 AM
17 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 77% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:26 PM
Set: 9:29 AM
18 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 69% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:51 AM
19 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 60% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:28 AM
Set: 10:17 AM
20 Thursday
Last Quarter
12:35 PM
Visible: 50% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:31 AM
Set: 10:49 AM
21 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 41% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:35 AM
Set: 11:28 AM
22 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 31% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:36 AM
Set: 12:17 PM
Dark night
23 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:32 AM
Set: 1:16 PM
Dark night
24 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:21 AM
Set: 2:23 PM
Dark night
25 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 6:02 AM
Set: 3:37 PM
Dark night
26 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:37 AM
Set: 4:53 PM
Dark night
27 Thursday
New Moon
7:47 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:06 AM
Set: 6:09 PM
Dark night
28 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:32 AM
Set: 7:25 PM
Dark night
1 Saturday