Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Friday, February 7 7:48 AM Snow Moon
  • Last Quarter Friday, February 14 5:51 PM
  • New Moon Friday, February 21 10:52 AM
  • First Quarter Friday, February 28 11:03 PM

Also in February

  • Lantern Festival Thursday, February 6 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 8, February 16–23.

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 2031 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26 Sunday
27 Monday
28 Tuesday
29 Wednesday
30 Thursday
31 Friday
1 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 72% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:59 PM
Set: 3:11 AM
2 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:46 PM
Set: 4:02 AM
3 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:38 PM
Set: 4:49 AM
4 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:33 PM
Set: 5:32 AM
5 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:31 PM
Set: 6:10 AM
6 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Lantern Festival
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:30 PM
Set: 6:44 AM
7 Friday
Full Moon
7:48 AM
Snow Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:30 PM
Set: 7:15 AM
8 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:31 PM
Set: 7:45 AM
Dark night
9 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:33 PM
Set: 8:13 AM
10 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:36 PM
Set: 8:42 AM
11 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:41 PM
Set: 9:11 AM
12 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:47 PM
Set: 9:44 AM
13 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:21 AM
14 Friday
Last Quarter
5:51 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:54 AM
Set: 11:03 AM
15 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 41% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:00 AM
Set: 11:53 AM
16 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:03 AM
Set: 12:50 PM
Dark night
17 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:02 AM
Set: 1:55 PM
Dark night
18 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:53 AM
Set: 3:05 PM
Dark night
19 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:39 AM
Set: 4:17 PM
Dark night
20 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:18 AM
Set: 5:29 PM
Dark night
21 Friday
New Moon
10:52 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:53 AM
Set: 6:40 PM
Dark night
22 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:26 AM
Set: 7:49 PM
Dark night
23 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:57 AM
Set: 8:56 PM
Dark night
24 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:28 AM
Set: 10:00 PM
25 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 19% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:01 AM
Set: 11:03 PM
26 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 27% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:36 AM
Set: –
27 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:13 AM
Set: 12:03 AM
28 Friday
First Quarter
11:03 PM
Visible: 46% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:55 AM
Set: 1:01 AM
1 Saturday