Dates and Times of the Phases

  • First Quarter Wednesday, March 5 11:49 AM
  • Full Moon Wednesday, March 12 5:11 AM Worm MoonSupermoon
  • Last Quarter Wednesday, March 19 2:42 PM
  • New Moon Thursday, March 27 5:00 PM

Also in March

  • Holi Wednesday, March 12 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Purim Thursday, March 13 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 21–30.

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 2036 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
24 Sunday
25 Monday
26 Tuesday
27 Wednesday
28 Thursday
29 Friday
1 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:01 AM
Set: 9:59 PM
2 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 20% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:34 AM
Set: 11:02 PM
3 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 29% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:10 AM
Set: –
4 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 39% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:49 AM
Set: 12:06 AM
5 Wednesday
First Quarter
11:49 AM
Visible: 50% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:34 AM
Set: 1:10 AM
6 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 61% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:26 PM
Set: 2:14 AM
7 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 72% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:25 PM
Set: 3:14 AM
8 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:29 PM
Set: 4:11 AM
9 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:38 PM
Set: 6:02 AM
10 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:49 PM
Set: 6:48 AM
11 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:00 PM
Set: 7:29 AM
12 Wednesday
Full Moon
5:11 AM
Worm Moon
Supermoon
Holi
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:10 PM
Set: 8:06 AM
13 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Purim
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:18 PM
Set: 8:41 AM
14 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 10:24 PM
Set: 9:16 AM
15 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 87% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:28 PM
Set: 9:50 AM
16 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 79% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:26 AM
17 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:29 AM
Set: 11:03 AM
18 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 61% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:27 AM
Set: 11:44 AM
19 Wednesday
Last Quarter
2:42 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:22 AM
Set: 12:27 PM
20 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 42% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 3:13 AM
Set: 1:14 PM
21 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:59 AM
Set: 2:04 PM
Dark night
22 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 24% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:42 AM
Set: 2:57 PM
Dark night
23 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:21 AM
Set: 3:53 PM
Dark night
24 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:56 AM
Set: 4:50 PM
Dark night
25 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:29 AM
Set: 5:48 PM
Dark night
26 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:01 AM
Set: 6:48 PM
Dark night
27 Thursday
New Moon
5:00 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:32 AM
Set: 7:49 PM
Dark night
28 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:03 AM
Set: 8:51 PM
Dark night
29 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:35 AM
Set: 9:54 PM
Dark night
30 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:10 AM
Set: 10:59 PM
Dark night
31 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:49 AM
Set: –
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday