Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Tuesday, March 4 12:11 PM Worm Moon
  • Last Quarter Wednesday, March 12 6:24 AM
  • New Moon Thursday, March 20 3:14 AM
  • First Quarter Thursday, March 27 12:51 AM

Also in March

  • Penumbral lunar eclipse Tuesday, March 4, 12:20 PM not visible from Columbus
  • Purim Tuesday, March 4 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Holi Wednesday, March 5 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Lantern Festival Wednesday, March 5 Chinese calendar
  • Annular solar eclipse Thursday, March 20, 3:07 AM not visible from Columbus

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 14–22.

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 2053 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
23 Sunday
24 Monday
25 Tuesday
26 Wednesday
27 Thursday
28 Friday
1 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 88% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 3:21 PM
Set: 4:44 AM
2 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 95% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:29 PM
Set: 5:31 AM
3 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:36 PM
Set: 6:13 AM
4 Tuesday
Full Moon
12:11 PM
Worm Moon
Penumbral lunar eclipse
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:43 PM
Set: 6:51 AM
5 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Lantern Festival
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:47 PM
Set: 7:26 AM
6 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 95% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:50 PM
Set: 8:00 AM
7 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 90% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:51 PM
Set: 8:34 AM
8 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 10:51 PM
Set: 9:08 AM
9 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:43 AM
10 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 67% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:47 AM
Set: 11:21 AM
11 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 57% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:42 AM
Set: 12:02 PM
12 Wednesday
Last Quarter
6:24 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:33 AM
Set: 12:46 PM
13 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 39% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:22 AM
Set: 1:33 PM
14 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 30% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:07 AM
Set: 2:24 PM
Dark night
15 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 21% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:49 AM
Set: 3:18 PM
Dark night
16 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 14% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:29 AM
Set: 4:15 PM
Dark night
17 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 8% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 6:05 AM
Set: 5:14 PM
Dark night
18 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 3% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:40 AM
Set: 6:15 PM
Dark night
19 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 7:14 AM
Set: 7:18 PM
Dark night
20 Thursday
New Moon
3:14 AM
Annular solar eclipse
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:48 AM
Set: 8:23 PM
Dark night
21 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:23 AM
Set: 9:28 PM
Dark night
22 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 7% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:00 AM
Set: 10:35 PM
Dark night
23 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 14% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:40 AM
Set: 11:42 PM
24 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 22% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:24 AM
Set: –
25 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 33% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:14 AM
Set: 12:47 AM
26 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 44% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 12:09 PM
Set: 1:50 AM
27 Thursday
First Quarter
12:51 AM
Visible: 55% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 1:08 PM
Set: 2:48 AM
28 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 66% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 2:11 PM
Set: 3:41 AM
29 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:17 PM
Set: 4:28 AM
30 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 85% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:22 PM
Set: 5:10 AM
31 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:28 PM
Set: 5:48 AM
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday