Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Tuesday, February 4 8:58 PM Snow Moon
  • Last Quarter Thursday, February 13 2:19 AM
  • New Moon Thursday, February 20 2:41 AM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, February 26 6:31 PM

Also in February

  • Lantern Festival Wednesday, February 5 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 14–22.

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 2042 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: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:23 PM
Set: 5:32 AM
2 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:23 PM
Set: 6:26 AM
3 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:26 PM
Set: 7:11 AM
4 Tuesday
Full Moon
8:58 PM
Snow Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:31 PM
Set: 7:48 AM
5 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Lantern Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 6:34 PM
Set: 8:18 AM
6 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 7:36 PM
Set: 8:43 AM
7 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:36 PM
Set: 9:05 AM
8 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:35 PM
Set: 9:25 AM
9 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 82% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:34 PM
Set: 9:45 AM
10 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 74% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:34 PM
Set: 10:05 AM
11 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:26 AM
12 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 56% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:35 AM
Set: 10:51 AM
13 Thursday
Last Quarter
2:19 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:40 AM
Set: 11:21 AM
14 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 36% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:46 AM
Set: 11:58 AM
Dark night
15 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:52 AM
Set: 12:45 PM
Dark night
16 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:55 AM
Set: 1:44 PM
Dark night
17 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:51 AM
Set: 2:54 PM
Dark night
18 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:39 AM
Set: 4:11 PM
Dark night
19 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:18 AM
Set: 5:31 PM
Dark night
20 Thursday
New Moon
2:41 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:51 AM
Set: 6:51 PM
Dark night
21 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:19 AM
Set: 8:09 PM
Dark night
22 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:45 AM
Set: 9:25 PM
Dark night
23 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:11 AM
Set: 10:41 PM
24 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:39 AM
Set: 11:57 PM
25 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:09 AM
Set: –
26 Wednesday
First Quarter
6:31 PM
Visible: 47% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 10:45 AM
Set: 1:11 AM
27 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 58% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 11:28 AM
Set: 2:22 AM
28 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 68% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:18 PM
Set: 3:27 AM
1 Saturday