Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Tuesday, March 1 3:25 AM
  • First Quarter Monday, March 7 8:28 PM
  • Full Moon Tuesday, March 15 9:38 PM Worm MoonMicromoon
  • Last Quarter Wednesday, March 23 9:51 PM
  • New Moon Wednesday, March 30 1:54 PM

Also in March

  • Eid al-Adha Friday, March 11 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Purim Tuesday, March 15 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Holi Wednesday, March 16 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Total solar eclipse Wednesday, March 30, 2:30 PM visible from Columbus as a partial eclipse, 3.7% of the Sun covered

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 1–3, March 25–31.

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 2033 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
1 Tuesday
New Moon
3:25 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:00 AM
Set: 7:10 PM
Dark night
2 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:39 AM
Set: 8:24 PM
Dark night
3 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:17 AM
Set: 9:36 PM
Dark night
4 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:57 AM
Set: 10:46 PM
5 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 25% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:39 AM
Set: 11:53 PM
6 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:24 AM
Set: –
7 Monday
First Quarter
8:28 PM
Visible: 46% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:13 AM
Set: 12:56 AM
8 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 57% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:04 PM
Set: 1:53 AM
9 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:58 PM
Set: 2:44 AM
10 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:54 PM
Set: 3:29 AM
11 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 84% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:50 PM
Set: 4:10 AM
12 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:46 PM
Set: 4:46 AM
13 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:43 PM
Set: 6:19 AM
14 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:39 PM
Set: 6:49 AM
15 Tuesday
Full Moon
9:38 PM
Worm Moon
Micromoon
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:34 PM
Set: 7:18 AM
16 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:30 PM
Set: 7:47 AM
17 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:26 PM
Set: 8:17 AM
18 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:22 PM
Set: 8:47 AM
19 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:19 PM
Set: 9:20 AM
20 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:56 AM
21 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:15 AM
Set: 10:37 AM
22 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:11 AM
Set: 11:22 AM
23 Wednesday
Last Quarter
9:51 PM
Visible: 54% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:05 AM
Set: 12:14 PM
24 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:56 AM
Set: 1:11 PM
25 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:44 AM
Set: 2:13 PM
Dark night
26 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 23% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:29 AM
Set: 3:20 PM
Dark night
27 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:11 AM
Set: 4:30 PM
Dark night
28 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 7% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:51 AM
Set: 5:42 PM
Dark night
29 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:29 AM
Set: 6:55 PM
Dark night
30 Wednesday
New Moon
1:54 PM
Total solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:08 AM
Set: 8:09 PM
Dark night
31 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:48 AM
Set: 9:22 PM
Dark night
1 Friday
2 Saturday