Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Last Quarter Sunday, March 5 2:49 PM
  • New Moon Sunday, March 12 12:54 PM
  • First Quarter Sunday, March 19 5:35 AM
  • Full Moon Monday, March 27 5:01 AM Worm MoonMicromoon

Also in March

  • Holi Monday, March 27 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Passover Tuesday, March 28 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 7–14.

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 2051 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
26 Sunday
27 Monday
28 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 86% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:27 PM
Set: 8:47 AM
2 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 78% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:23 PM
Set: 9:19 AM
3 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:55 AM
4 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 61% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:19 AM
Set: 10:35 AM
5 Sunday
Last Quarter
2:49 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:14 AM
Set: 11:20 AM
6 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 41% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:08 AM
Set: 12:11 PM
7 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 31% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 2:59 AM
Set: 1:08 PM
Dark night
8 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 21% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 3:46 AM
Set: 2:11 PM
Dark night
9 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 13% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 4:31 AM
Set: 3:19 PM
Dark night
10 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:12 AM
Set: 4:29 PM
Dark night
11 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 5:51 AM
Set: 5:42 PM
Dark night
12 Sunday
New Moon
12:54 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:29 AM
Set: 7:56 PM
Dark night
13 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:07 AM
Set: 9:10 PM
Dark night
14 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:46 AM
Set: 10:24 PM
Dark night
15 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 13% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:27 AM
Set: 11:35 PM
16 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 21% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:12 AM
Set: –
17 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 32% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:01 AM
Set: 12:42 AM
18 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 42% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:53 AM
Set: 1:44 AM
19 Sunday
First Quarter
5:35 AM
Visible: 53% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:49 PM
Set: 2:40 AM
20 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 63% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:46 PM
Set: 3:29 AM
21 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:44 PM
Set: 4:12 AM
22 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 81% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:42 PM
Set: 4:49 AM
23 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:40 PM
Set: 5:23 AM
24 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:36 PM
Set: 5:54 AM
25 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:33 PM
Set: 6:23 AM
26 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:29 PM
Set: 6:52 AM
27 Monday
Full Moon
5:01 AM
Worm Moon
Micromoon
Holi
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:25 PM
Set: 7:20 AM
28 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Passover
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 9:21 PM
Set: 7:50 AM
29 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 10:17 PM
Set: 8:21 AM
30 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:13 PM
Set: 8:56 AM
31 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:34 AM
1 Saturday