Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Saturday, February 6 10:57 AM
  • First Quarter Sunday, February 14 2:58 AM
  • Full Moon Saturday, February 20 6:24 PM Snow MoonSupermoon
  • Last Quarter Sunday, February 28 12:19 AM

Also in February

  • Annular solar eclipse Saturday, February 6, 11:00 AM not visible from Columbus
  • Lunar New Year Saturday, February 6 Chinese calendar
  • Ramadan begins Monday, February 8 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Penumbral lunar eclipse Saturday, February 20, 6:13 PM partly visible from Columbus
  • Lantern Festival Saturday, February 20 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 1–9.

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 2027 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
31 Sunday
1 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 21% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:23 AM
Set: 1:13 PM
Dark night
2 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:15 AM
Set: 2:05 PM
Dark night
3 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 6:01 AM
Set: 3:03 PM
Dark night
4 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:39 AM
Set: 4:04 PM
Dark night
5 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:11 AM
Set: 5:06 PM
Dark night
6 Saturday
New Moon
10:57 AM
Annular solar eclipse
Lunar New Year
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:38 AM
Set: 6:09 PM
Dark night
7 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:02 AM
Set: 7:11 PM
Dark night
8 Monday
Waxing crescent
Ramadan begins
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:24 AM
Set: 8:13 PM
Dark night
9 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:46 AM
Set: 9:15 PM
Dark night
10 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:07 AM
Set: 10:19 PM
11 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 23% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:30 AM
Set: 11:26 PM
12 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 33% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:57 AM
Set: –
13 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 43% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:29 AM
Set: 12:35 AM
14 Sunday
First Quarter
2:58 AM
Visible: 54% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:09 AM
Set: 1:46 AM
15 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 65% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:59 AM
Set: 2:58 AM
16 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:02 PM
Set: 4:05 AM
17 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:15 PM
Set: 5:03 AM
18 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:34 PM
Set: 5:52 AM
19 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:53 PM
Set: 6:31 AM
20 Saturday
Full Moon
6:24 PM
Snow Moon
Supermoon
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Lantern Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:11 PM
Set: 7:03 AM
21 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:26 PM
Set: 7:31 AM
22 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:39 PM
Set: 7:56 AM
23 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:49 PM
Set: 8:21 AM
24 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:58 PM
Set: 8:47 AM
25 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:15 AM
26 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:06 AM
Set: 9:47 AM
27 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 55% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:12 AM
Set: 10:24 AM
28 Sunday
Last Quarter
12:19 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:14 AM
Set: 11:07 AM
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 Wednesday
4 Thursday
5 Friday
6 Saturday