Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Thursday, March 6 11:34 AM
  • Full Moon Friday, March 14 2:56 AM Worm Moon
  • Last Quarter Saturday, March 22 7:32 AM
  • New Moon Saturday, March 29 7:00 AM

Also in March

  • Ramadan begins Saturday, March 1 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Total lunar eclipse Friday, March 14, 2:59 AM visible from Columbus
  • Holi Friday, March 14 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Purim Friday, March 14 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Partial solar eclipse Saturday, March 29, 6:47 AM not visible from Columbus
  • Eid al-Fitr Sunday, March 30 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 1, March 23–30.

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 2025 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
23 Sunday
24 Monday
25 Tuesday
26 Wednesday
27 Thursday
28 Friday
1 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Ramadan begins
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:57 AM
Set: 8:41 PM
Dark night
2 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 10% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:22 AM
Set: 9:58 PM
3 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 8:50 AM
Set: 11:16 PM
4 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 28% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:21 AM
Set: –
5 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 39% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 9:59 AM
Set: 12:34 AM
6 Thursday
First Quarter
11:34 AM
Visible: 50% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 10:46 AM
Set: 1:49 AM
7 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 61% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:42 AM
Set: 2:57 AM
8 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 71% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:45 PM
Set: 3:55 AM
9 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:53 PM
Set: 5:41 AM
10 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:02 PM
Set: 6:18 AM
11 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:08 PM
Set: 6:48 AM
12 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:12 PM
Set: 7:13 AM
13 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:14 PM
Set: 7:34 AM
14 Friday
Full Moon
2:56 AM
Worm Moon
Total lunar eclipse
Holi
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:15 PM
Set: 7:54 AM
15 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:15 PM
Set: 8:13 AM
16 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:15 PM
Set: 8:33 AM
17 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:17 PM
Set: 8:55 AM
18 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:19 AM
19 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:20 AM
Set: 9:48 AM
20 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 67% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:23 AM
Set: 10:24 AM
21 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 58% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:24 AM
Set: 11:08 AM
22 Saturday
Last Quarter
7:32 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 3:22 AM
Set: 12:01 PM
23 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 38% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 4:12 AM
Set: 1:03 PM
Dark night
24 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:56 AM
Set: 2:13 PM
Dark night
25 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 19% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:32 AM
Set: 3:26 PM
Dark night
26 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 6:03 AM
Set: 4:41 PM
Dark night
27 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:30 AM
Set: 5:57 PM
Dark night
28 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:56 AM
Set: 7:13 PM
Dark night
29 Saturday
New Moon
7:00 AM
Partial solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:21 AM
Set: 8:31 PM
Dark night
30 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:48 AM
Set: 9:51 PM
Dark night
31 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:18 AM
Set: 11:12 PM
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday