Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Tuesday, February 5 2:02 AM
  • Full Moon Monday, February 11 5:10 PM Snow MoonSupermoon
  • Last Quarter Monday, February 18 6:49 PM
  • New Moon Wednesday, February 27 12:02 AM

Also in February

  • Eid al-Adha Thursday, February 7 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Total lunar eclipse Monday, February 11, 5:12 PM partly visible from Columbus
  • Lantern Festival Monday, February 11 Chinese calendar
  • Partial solar eclipse Tuesday, February 26, 11:45 PM not visible from Columbus
  • Islamic New Year 1458 AH Thursday, February 28 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: February 21–29.

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 2036 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
29 Tuesday
30 Wednesday
31 Thursday
1 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:57 AM
Set: 10:04 PM
2 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:27 AM
Set: 11:04 PM
3 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 34% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:59 AM
Set: –
4 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 44% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:32 AM
Set: 12:06 AM
5 Tuesday
First Quarter
2:02 AM
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:09 PM
Set: 1:09 AM
6 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 66% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:51 PM
Set: 2:14 AM
7 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 76% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:40 PM
Set: 3:20 AM
8 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:37 PM
Set: 4:25 AM
9 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:41 PM
Set: 5:27 AM
10 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:50 PM
Set: 6:23 AM
11 Monday
Full Moon
5:10 PM
Snow Moon
Supermoon
Total lunar eclipse
Lantern Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:02 PM
Set: 7:13 AM
12 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:15 PM
Set: 7:58 AM
13 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:26 PM
Set: 8:37 AM
14 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 89% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:34 PM
Set: 9:13 AM
15 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:39 PM
Set: 9:47 AM
16 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:43 PM
Set: 10:21 AM
17 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:55 AM
18 Monday
Last Quarter
6:49 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:43 AM
Set: 11:30 AM
19 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 43% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:42 AM
Set: 12:08 PM
20 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 34% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:37 AM
Set: 12:49 PM
21 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 25% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:29 AM
Set: 1:33 PM
Dark night
22 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:18 AM
Set: 2:21 PM
Dark night
23 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:03 AM
Set: 3:12 PM
Dark night
24 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:44 AM
Set: 4:06 PM
Dark night
25 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:22 AM
Set: 5:02 PM
Dark night
26 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Partial solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:57 AM
Set: 6:00 PM
Dark night
27 Wednesday
New Moon
12:02 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:29 AM
Set: 6:58 PM
Dark night
28 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Islamic New Year 1458 AH
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:00 AM
Set: 7:58 PM
Dark night
29 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:30 AM
Set: 8:58 PM
Dark night
1 Saturday