Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Tuesday, March 3 6:39 AM Worm Moon
  • Last Quarter Wednesday, March 11 5:42 AM
  • New Moon Wednesday, March 18 9:26 PM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, March 25 3:19 PM

Also in March

  • Total lunar eclipse Tuesday, March 3, 6:34 AM visible from Columbus
  • Lantern Festival Tuesday, March 3 Chinese calendar
  • Purim Tuesday, March 3 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Holi Wednesday, March 4 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Eid al-Fitr Friday, March 20 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 12–20.

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 2026 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:37 PM
Set: 6:13 AM
2 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:47 PM
Set: 6:41 AM
3 Tuesday
Full Moon
6:39 AM
Worm Moon
Total lunar eclipse
Lantern Festival
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:55 PM
Set: 7:05 AM
4 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:01 PM
Set: 7:27 AM
5 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:05 PM
Set: 7:48 AM
6 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:09 PM
Set: 8:10 AM
7 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:13 PM
Set: 8:34 AM
8 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:02 AM
9 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:17 AM
Set: 10:34 AM
10 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 57% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:19 AM
Set: 11:13 AM
11 Wednesday
Last Quarter
5:42 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 3:17 AM
Set: 11:59 AM
12 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 38% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 4:09 AM
Set: 12:53 PM
Dark night
13 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 29% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:54 AM
Set: 1:54 PM
Dark night
14 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 21% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:32 AM
Set: 2:59 PM
Dark night
15 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 6:05 AM
Set: 4:07 PM
Dark night
16 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:33 AM
Set: 5:15 PM
Dark night
17 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:58 AM
Set: 6:24 PM
Dark night
18 Wednesday
New Moon
9:26 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:21 AM
Set: 7:35 PM
Dark night
19 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:45 AM
Set: 8:46 PM
Dark night
20 Friday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:10 AM
Set: 10:01 PM
Dark night
21 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:38 AM
Set: 11:18 PM
22 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:12 AM
Set: –
23 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:53 AM
Set: 12:36 AM
24 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 37% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:45 AM
Set: 1:51 AM
25 Wednesday
First Quarter
3:19 PM
Visible: 48% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:48 AM
Set: 2:58 AM
26 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:58 PM
Set: 3:54 AM
27 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:11 PM
Set: 4:39 AM
28 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:24 PM
Set: 5:15 AM
29 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:34 PM
Set: 5:43 AM
30 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:42 PM
Set: 6:08 AM
31 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:47 PM
Set: 6:30 AM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday