Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Tuesday, March 8 10:25 AM Worm Moon
  • Last Quarter Wednesday, March 16 6:10 AM
  • New Moon Tuesday, March 22 8:44 PM
  • First Quarter Wednesday, March 30 12:18 AM

Also in March

  • Purim Tuesday, March 8 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Holi Wednesday, March 9 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 17–24.

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 2050 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
27 Sunday
28 Monday
1 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 62% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:21 PM
Set: 2:28 AM
2 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 71% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:15 PM
Set: 3:15 AM
3 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 2:10 PM
Set: 3:57 AM
4 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:07 PM
Set: 4:34 AM
5 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:03 PM
Set: 5:07 AM
6 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:00 PM
Set: 5:37 AM
7 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:57 PM
Set: 6:05 AM
8 Tuesday
Full Moon
10:25 AM
Worm Moon
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:54 PM
Set: 6:32 AM
9 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:52 PM
Set: 6:59 AM
10 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:50 PM
Set: 7:28 AM
11 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:50 PM
Set: 7:58 AM
12 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 85% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:50 PM
Set: 8:31 AM
13 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 77% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:09 AM
14 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 68% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:50 AM
Set: 10:53 AM
15 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 58% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:49 AM
Set: 11:43 AM
16 Wednesday
Last Quarter
6:10 AM
Visible: 47% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:45 AM
Set: 12:40 PM
17 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 36% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:37 AM
Set: 1:43 PM
Dark night
18 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:24 AM
Set: 2:52 PM
Dark night
19 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:07 AM
Set: 4:03 PM
Dark night
20 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:46 AM
Set: 5:17 PM
Dark night
21 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:22 AM
Set: 6:31 PM
Dark night
22 Tuesday
New Moon
8:44 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:58 AM
Set: 7:44 PM
Dark night
23 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:34 AM
Set: 8:57 PM
Dark night
24 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:11 AM
Set: 10:08 PM
Dark night
25 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:51 AM
Set: 11:16 PM
26 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 17% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:35 AM
Set: –
27 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:22 AM
Set: 12:20 AM
28 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 35% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:13 AM
Set: 1:18 AM
29 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 45% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:07 PM
Set: 2:09 AM
30 Wednesday
First Quarter
12:18 AM
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:03 PM
Set: 2:54 AM
31 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 64% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:00 PM
Set: 3:33 AM
1 Friday
2 Saturday