Dates and Times of the Phases

  • New Moon Friday, March 6 9:18 PM
  • First Quarter Sunday, March 15 2:28 AM
  • Full Moon Sunday, March 22 5:59 AM Worm MoonSupermoon
  • Last Quarter Saturday, March 28 8:27 PM

Also in March

  • Eid al-Adha Tuesday, March 17 Islamic; expected, may be a day later where the crescent must be seen
  • Purim Sunday, March 22 Jewish; begins at sundown the evening before
  • Holi Monday, March 23 Hindu; as in India, may differ by a day elsewhere
  • Easter Monday, March 29 Christian; the Sunday after the first Full Moon of spring (by the Church's tables)

Dark nights for stargazing in Columbus, with no Moon in the sky for most of the darkness: March 1–9, March 29–31.

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 2065 April
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Sunday
Waning crescent
Visible: 28% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 3:46 AM
Set: 12:53 PM
Dark night
2 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 19% ↓
Age: 25 days
Rise: 4:32 AM
Set: 2:01 PM
Dark night
3 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 11% ↓
Age: 26 days
Rise: 5:10 AM
Set: 3:10 PM
Dark night
4 Wednesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 6% ↓
Age: 27 days
Rise: 5:41 AM
Set: 4:16 PM
Dark night
5 Thursday
Waning crescent
Visible: 2% ↓
Age: 28 days
Rise: 6:08 AM
Set: 5:21 PM
Dark night
6 Friday
New Moon
9:18 PM
Visible: 0% ↓
Age: 29 days
Rise: 6:31 AM
Set: 6:23 PM
Dark night
7 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 0% ↑
Age: 0 days
Rise: 6:53 AM
Set: 7:24 PM
Dark night
8 Sunday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 2% ↑
Age: 1 day
Rise: 8:15 AM
Set: 9:25 PM
Dark night
9 Monday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 6% ↑
Age: 2 days
Rise: 8:38 AM
Set: 10:25 PM
Dark night
10 Tuesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 12% ↑
Age: 3 days
Rise: 9:02 AM
Set: 11:26 PM
11 Wednesday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 18% ↑
Age: 4 days
Rise: 9:30 AM
Set: –
12 Thursday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 26% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:02 AM
Set: 12:27 AM
13 Friday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 35% ↑
Age: 5 days
Rise: 10:41 AM
Set: 1:27 AM
14 Saturday
Waxing crescent
Visible: 44% ↑
Age: 6 days
Rise: 11:27 AM
Set: 2:24 AM
15 Sunday
First Quarter
2:28 AM
Visible: 54% ↑
Age: 7 days
Rise: 12:21 PM
Set: 3:18 AM
16 Monday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 64% ↑
Age: 8 days
Rise: 1:21 PM
Set: 4:05 AM
17 Tuesday
Waxing gibbous
Eid al-Adha
Visible: 73% ↑
Age: 9 days
Rise: 2:28 PM
Set: 4:46 AM
18 Wednesday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 82% ↑
Age: 10 days
Rise: 3:38 PM
Set: 5:22 AM
19 Thursday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 90% ↑
Age: 11 days
Rise: 4:49 PM
Set: 5:53 AM
20 Friday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 96% ↑
Age: 12 days
Rise: 6:03 PM
Set: 6:22 AM
21 Saturday
Waxing gibbous
Visible: 99% ↑
Age: 13 days
Rise: 7:17 PM
Set: 6:49 AM
22 Sunday
Full Moon
5:59 AM
Worm Moon
Supermoon
Purim
Visible: 100%
Age: 15 days
Rise: 8:34 PM
Set: 7:16 AM
23 Monday
Waning gibbous
Holi
Visible: 98% ↓
Age: 16 days
Rise: 9:52 PM
Set: 7:46 AM
24 Tuesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 93% ↓
Age: 17 days
Rise: 11:11 PM
Set: 8:19 AM
25 Wednesday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 85% ↓
Age: 18 days
Rise: –
Set: 8:59 AM
26 Thursday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 76% ↓
Age: 19 days
Rise: 12:28 AM
Set: 9:46 AM
27 Friday
Waning gibbous
Visible: 65% ↓
Age: 20 days
Rise: 1:39 AM
Set: 10:42 AM
28 Saturday
Last Quarter
8:27 PM
Visible: 54% ↓
Age: 21 days
Rise: 2:41 AM
Set: 11:46 AM
29 Sunday
Waning crescent
Easter
Visible: 43% ↓
Age: 22 days
Rise: 3:31 AM
Set: 12:54 PM
Dark night
30 Monday
Waning crescent
Visible: 33% ↓
Age: 23 days
Rise: 4:11 AM
Set: 2:02 PM
Dark night
31 Tuesday
Waning crescent
Visible: 24% ↓
Age: 24 days
Rise: 4:44 AM
Set: 3:09 PM
Dark night
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
3 Friday
4 Saturday