Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Tuesday, March 3 8:09 PM
  • New Moon Wednesday, March 11 5:11 AM
  • First Quarter Tuesday, March 17 9:04 PM
  • Full Moon Wednesday, March 25 10:27 AM Worm Moon

Also in March

  • Total lunar eclipse Wednesday, March 25, 10:31 AM not visible from Columbus
  • Holi Thursday, March 26 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Purim Thursday, March 26 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Easter Monday, March 29 Christian; the Sunday after the first Full Moon of spring (by the Church's tables)

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 5–13.

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 2043 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 71% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:31 AM
2 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:23 AM
Set: 9:59 AM
3 Tuesday
Last Quarter
8:09 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:26 AM
Set: 10:33 AM
4 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:28 AM
Set: 11:15 AM
5 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 34% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:26 AM
Set: 12:06 PM
Dark night
6 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 25% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:19 AM
Set: 1:07 PM
Dark night
7 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:03 AM
Set: 2:15 PM
Dark night
8 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 6:41 AM
Set: 4:27 PM
Dark night
9 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 7:13 AM
Set: 5:41 PM
Dark night
10 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:41 AM
Set: 6:56 PM
Dark night
11 Wednesday
New Moon
5:11 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:06 AM
Set: 8:11 PM
Dark night
12 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:30 AM
Set: 9:27 PM
Dark night
13 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:56 AM
Set: 10:44 PM
Dark night
14 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 15% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:24 AM
Set: –
15 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:58 AM
Set: 12:02 AM
16 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 35% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:38 AM
Set: 1:21 AM
17 Tuesday
First Quarter
9:04 PM
Visible: 46% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:28 AM
Set: 2:36 AM
18 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 57% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:28 PM
Set: 3:42 AM
19 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:34 PM
Set: 4:38 AM
20 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:44 PM
Set: 5:22 AM
21 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:54 PM
Set: 5:57 AM
22 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:01 PM
Set: 6:26 AM
23 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:05 PM
Set: 6:49 AM
24 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:07 PM
Set: 7:11 AM
25 Wednesday
Full Moon
10:27 AM
Worm Moon
Total lunar eclipse
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 8:08 PM
Set: 7:30 AM
26 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Purim
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:09 PM
Set: 7:50 AM
27 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:10 PM
Set: 8:11 AM
28 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:12 PM
Set: 8:33 AM
29 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Easter
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:00 AM
30 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:15 AM
Set: 9:31 AM
31 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:17 AM
Set: 10:10 AM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday