Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Friday, February 3 8:42 PM
  • New Moon Saturday, February 11 1:43 AM
  • First Quarter Friday, February 17 5:18 PM
  • Full Moon Saturday, February 25 9:54 AM Snow Moon

Also in February

  • Lunar New Year Saturday, February 11 Chinese calendar
  • Lantern Festival Saturday, February 25 Chinese calendar
  • Purim Sunday, February 26 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 6–13.

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).

January February 2051 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
29 Sunday
30 Monday
31 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 72% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 11:40 PM
Set: 10:14 AM
2 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:45 AM
3 Friday
Last Quarter
8:42 PM
Visible: 53% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:36 AM
Set: 11:19 AM
4 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:33 AM
Set: 11:56 AM
5 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 34% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:30 AM
Set: 12:39 PM
6 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 25% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:26 AM
Set: 1:28 PM
Dark night
7 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:20 AM
Set: 2:24 PM
Dark night
8 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:11 AM
Set: 3:26 PM
Dark night
9 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:58 AM
Set: 4:33 PM
Dark night
10 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:42 AM
Set: 5:44 PM
Dark night
11 Saturday
New Moon
1:43 AM
Lunar New Year
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:22 AM
Set: 6:56 PM
Dark night
12 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 3% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:00 AM
Set: 8:09 PM
Dark night
13 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 8% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:36 AM
Set: 9:22 PM
Dark night
14 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:13 AM
Set: 10:33 PM
15 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:52 AM
Set: 11:43 PM
16 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:33 AM
Set: –
17 Friday
First Quarter
5:18 PM
Visible: 48% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:17 AM
Set: 12:51 AM
18 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 58% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:05 PM
Set: 1:54 AM
19 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 69% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:58 PM
Set: 2:52 AM
20 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:53 PM
Set: 3:44 AM
21 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:51 PM
Set: 4:31 AM
22 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:49 PM
Set: 5:12 AM
23 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:47 PM
Set: 5:48 AM
24 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:45 PM
Set: 6:21 AM
25 Saturday
Full Moon
9:54 AM
Snow Moon
Lantern Festival
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:42 PM
Set: 6:51 AM
26 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Purim
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:39 PM
Set: 7:20 AM
27 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:35 PM
Set: 7:48 AM
28 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:31 PM
Set: 8:17 AM
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday