Dates and Times of the Phases

  • Full Moon Monday, March 3 3:20 AM Worm MoonSupermoon
  • Last Quarter Sunday, March 9 8:36 PM
  • New Moon Monday, March 17 9:47 PM
  • First Quarter Tuesday, March 25 9:14 PM

Also in March

  • Lantern Festival Sunday, March 2 Chinese calendar
  • Purim Sunday, March 2 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Holi Monday, March 3 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Eid al-Adha Friday, March 28 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 10–20.

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 2064 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
24 Sunday
25 Monday
26 Tuesday
27 Wednesday
28 Thursday
29 Friday
1 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 4:37 PM
Set: 6:02 AM
2 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Lantern Festival
Purim
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 14 days
Rise: 5:56 PM
Set: 6:33 AM
3 Monday
Full Moon
3:20 AM
Worm Moon
Supermoon
Holi
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 7:15 PM
Set: 7:01 AM
4 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 97% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 8:33 PM
Set: 7:27 AM
5 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 92% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 9:51 PM
Set: 7:55 AM
6 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 84% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: 11:08 PM
Set: 8:25 AM
7 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 75% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:59 AM
8 Saturday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 64% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 12:24 AM
Set: 9:40 AM
9 Sunday
Last Quarter
8:36 PM
Visible: 54% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 1:34 AM
Set: 11:29 AM
10 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 44% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 3:36 AM
Set: 12:25 PM
Dark night
11 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 34% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 4:28 AM
Set: 1:26 PM
Dark night
12 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 25% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 5:10 AM
Set: 2:30 PM
Dark night
13 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 17% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 5:44 AM
Set: 3:35 PM
Dark night
14 Friday
Waning crescent
Visible: 10% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 6:12 AM
Set: 4:37 PM
Dark night
15 Saturday
Waning crescent
Visible: 5% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 6:36 AM
Set: 5:38 PM
Dark night
16 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:58 AM
Set: 6:38 PM
Dark night
17 Monday
New Moon
9:47 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 7:18 AM
Set: 7:36 PM
Dark night
18 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 7:37 AM
Set: 8:35 PM
Dark night
19 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 7:58 AM
Set: 9:35 PM
Dark night
20 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:20 AM
Set: 10:37 PM
Dark night
21 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 11% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 8:46 AM
Set: 11:40 PM
22 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:17 AM
Set: –
23 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 9:55 AM
Set: 12:44 AM
24 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 36% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 10:41 AM
Set: 1:46 AM
25 Tuesday
First Quarter
9:14 PM
Visible: 46% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 11:38 AM
Set: 2:44 AM
26 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 57% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 12:43 PM
Set: 3:36 AM
27 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 67% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 1:55 PM
Set: 4:20 AM
28 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 77% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:10 PM
Set: 4:57 AM
29 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 86% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:27 PM
Set: 5:29 AM
30 Sunday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 94% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 5:44 PM
Set: 5:58 AM
31 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 98% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:02 PM
Set: 6:25 AM
1 Tuesday
2 Wednesday
3 Thursday
4 Friday
5 Saturday