Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Wednesday, March 7 1:17 PM
  • First Quarter Thursday, March 15 1:13 PM
  • Full Moon Thursday, March 22 5:28 AM Worm MoonSupermoon
  • Last Quarter Thursday, March 29 2:59 AM

Also in March

  • Purim Thursday, March 22 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Holi Friday, March 23 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Easter Monday, March 25 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 1–10, March 30–31.

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 2046 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
25 Sunday
26 Monday
27 Tuesday
28 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:40 AM
Set: 12:37 PM
Dark night
2 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 22% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:24 AM
Set: 1:39 PM
Dark night
3 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:01 AM
Set: 2:42 PM
Dark night
4 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:32 AM
Set: 3:44 PM
Dark night
5 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:57 AM
Set: 4:45 PM
Dark night
6 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:20 AM
Set: 5:44 PM
Dark night
7 Wednesday
New Moon
1:17 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:41 AM
Set: 6:43 PM
Dark night
8 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:01 AM
Set: 7:42 PM
Dark night
9 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:22 AM
Set: 8:41 PM
Dark night
10 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 7:44 AM
Set: 9:42 PM
Dark night
11 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 13% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:10 AM
Set: 11:45 PM
12 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 21% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:39 AM
Set: –
13 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 29% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:15 AM
Set: 12:49 AM
14 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 39% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:59 AM
Set: 1:53 AM
15 Thursday
First Quarter
1:13 PM
Visible: 49% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:53 AM
Set: 2:54 AM
16 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 60% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:56 PM
Set: 3:50 AM
17 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 71% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:08 PM
Set: 4:38 AM
18 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:24 PM
Set: 5:18 AM
19 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 89% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:41 PM
Set: 5:53 AM
20 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:59 PM
Set: 6:23 AM
21 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:17 PM
Set: 6:52 AM
22 Thursday
Full Moon
5:28 AM
Worm Moon
Supermoon
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:35 PM
Set: 7:19 AM
23 Friday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:53 PM
Set: 7:48 AM
24 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:10 PM
Set: 8:20 AM
25 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Easter
Visible: 85% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:57 AM
26 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:24 AM
Set: 9:41 AM
27 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 67% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:33 AM
Set: 10:31 AM
28 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 57% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:32 AM
Set: 11:29 AM
29 Thursday
Last Quarter
2:59 AM
Visible: 46% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 3:21 AM
Set: 12:30 PM
30 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 37% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 4:01 AM
Set: 1:34 PM
Dark night
31 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:34 AM
Set: 2:36 PM
Dark night