Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Saturday, February 2 11:10 AM
  • First Quarter Sunday, February 10 6:51 AM
  • Full Moon Monday, February 18 1:22 AM Snow Moon
  • Last Quarter Sunday, February 24 8:59 PM

Also in February

  • Lunar New Year Sunday, February 3 Chinese calendar
  • Eid al-Fitr Monday, February 4 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Lantern Festival Sunday, February 17 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 1–5, February 26–28.

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 2030 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
31 Thursday
1 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:45 AM
Set: 5:07 PM
Dark night
2 Saturday
New Moon
11:10 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:21 AM
Set: 6:15 PM
Dark night
3 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Lunar New Year
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:52 AM
Set: 7:22 PM
Dark night
4 Monday
Waxing crescent
Eid al-Fitr
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:21 AM
Set: 8:26 PM
Dark night
5 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 10% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:47 AM
Set: 9:28 PM
Dark night
6 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:13 AM
Set: 10:29 PM
7 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:40 AM
Set: 11:28 PM
8 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 33% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:09 AM
Set: –
9 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 43% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:41 AM
Set: 12:27 AM
10 Sunday
First Quarter
6:51 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:17 AM
Set: 1:25 AM
11 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 61% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:59 AM
Set: 2:22 AM
12 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:46 PM
Set: 3:15 AM
13 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 79% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:40 PM
Set: 4:05 AM
14 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:39 PM
Set: 4:50 AM
15 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:42 PM
Set: 5:31 AM
16 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:48 PM
Set: 6:07 AM
17 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Lantern Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:55 PM
Set: 6:40 AM
18 Monday
Full Moon
1:22 AM
Snow Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:04 PM
Set: 7:10 AM
19 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:14 PM
Set: 7:40 AM
20 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:25 PM
Set: 8:10 AM
21 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 85% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:37 PM
Set: 8:42 AM
22 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:49 PM
Set: 9:17 AM
23 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 66% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:58 AM
24 Sunday
Last Quarter
8:59 PM
Visible: 54% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:59 AM
Set: 10:45 AM
25 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 43% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:06 AM
Set: 11:39 AM
26 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 32% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:06 AM
Set: 12:40 PM
Dark night
27 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:58 AM
Set: 1:46 PM
Dark night
28 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:42 AM
Set: 2:53 PM
Dark night
1 Friday
2 Saturday