Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Monday, March 5 6:28 AM
  • First Quarter Tuesday, March 13 5:38 AM
  • Full Moon Tuesday, March 20 8:48 PM Worm Moon
  • Last Quarter Tuesday, March 27 2:42 PM

Also in March

  • Ramadan begins Tuesday, March 6 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Purim Tuesday, March 20 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Holi Wednesday, March 21 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 1–7, March 28–31.

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 2057 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
25 Sunday
26 Monday
27 Tuesday
28 Wednesday
1 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 16% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:41 AM
Set: 2:19 PM
Dark night
2 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 9% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:33 AM
Set: 3:26 PM
Dark night
3 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 4% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:17 AM
Set: 4:34 PM
Dark night
4 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 1% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:54 AM
Set: 5:42 PM
Dark night
5 Monday
New Moon
6:28 AM
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:26 AM
Set: 6:48 PM
Dark night
6 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Ramadan begins
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:55 AM
Set: 7:52 PM
Dark night
7 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 5% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:22 AM
Set: 8:54 PM
Dark night
8 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:49 AM
Set: 9:55 PM
9 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:16 AM
Set: 10:55 PM
10 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:44 AM
Set: 11:54 PM
11 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 34% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 11:16 AM
Set: –
12 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 43% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:51 AM
Set: 1:52 AM
13 Tuesday
First Quarter
5:38 AM
Visible: 53% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:31 PM
Set: 2:49 AM
14 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 62% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:17 PM
Set: 3:43 AM
15 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 71% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:09 PM
Set: 4:34 AM
16 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 80% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:06 PM
Set: 5:20 AM
17 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 87% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:08 PM
Set: 6:02 AM
18 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 93% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:14 PM
Set: 6:39 AM
19 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 6:21 PM
Set: 7:13 AM
20 Tuesday
Full Moon
8:48 PM
Worm Moon
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 14 days
Rise: 7:30 PM
Set: 7:44 AM
21 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Visible: 99% ↓
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:40 PM
Set: 8:15 AM
22 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 96% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:52 PM
Set: 8:45 AM
23 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 91% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:04 PM
Set: 9:17 AM
24 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 83% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 9:52 AM
25 Sunday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 73% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:17 AM
Set: 10:32 AM
26 Monday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 63% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:29 AM
Set: 11:18 AM
27 Tuesday
Last Quarter
2:42 PM
Visible: 51% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 2:37 AM
Set: 12:12 PM
28 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 40% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 3:38 AM
Set: 1:12 PM
Dark night
29 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 29% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:31 AM
Set: 2:16 PM
Dark night
30 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 20% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:16 AM
Set: 3:23 PM
Dark night
31 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 12% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:55 AM
Set: 4:30 PM
Dark night