Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Saturday, February 3 5:14 PM
  • First Quarter Sunday, February 11 7:28 AM
  • Full Moon Monday, February 19 7:00 AM Snow Moon
  • Last Quarter Monday, February 26 6:32 AM

Also in February

  • Lunar New Year Sunday, February 4 Chinese calendar
  • Lantern Festival Sunday, February 18 Chinese calendar

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: February 1–6, February 27–28.

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 2057 March
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
28 Sunday
29 Monday
30 Tuesday
31 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:51 AM
Set: 3:28 PM
Dark night
2 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:50 AM
Set: 4:34 PM
Dark night
3 Saturday
New Moon
5:14 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:40 AM
Set: 5:43 PM
Dark night
4 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Lunar New Year
Visible: 1% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 8:22 AM
Set: 6:53 PM
Dark night
5 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 4% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:57 AM
Set: 8:01 PM
Dark night
6 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 9% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 9:28 AM
Set: 9:06 PM
Dark night
7 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 16% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:57 AM
Set: 10:08 PM
8 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 24% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 10:23 AM
Set: 11:09 PM
9 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 33% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:49 AM
Set: –
10 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 42% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:17 AM
Set: 12:09 AM
11 Sunday
First Quarter
7:28 AM
Visible: 52% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:46 AM
Set: 1:07 AM
12 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 61% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:19 PM
Set: 2:06 AM
13 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 70% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 12:56 PM
Set: 3:03 AM
14 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 78% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 1:38 PM
Set: 3:59 AM
15 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 2:27 PM
Set: 4:52 AM
16 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 92% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 3:22 PM
Set: 5:42 AM
17 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 97% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 4:22 PM
Set: 6:27 AM
18 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Lantern Festival
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 5:26 PM
Set: 7:07 AM
19 Monday
Full Moon
7:00 AM
Snow Moon
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 6:32 PM
Set: 7:42 AM
20 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:39 PM
Set: 8:15 AM
21 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 94% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 8:47 PM
Set: 8:45 AM
22 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 88% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 9:56 PM
Set: 9:15 AM
23 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 80% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 11:05 PM
Set: 9:45 AM
24 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 70% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: –
Set: 10:17 AM
25 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 59% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 12:16 AM
Set: 10:53 AM
26 Monday
Last Quarter
6:32 AM
Visible: 48% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 1:27 AM
Set: 11:34 AM
27 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 36% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 2:36 AM
Set: 12:22 PM
Dark night
28 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 26% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:42 AM
Set: 1:17 PM
Dark night
1 Thursday
2 Friday
3 Saturday