Moon phase, moonrise and moonset times in Ames, Iowa, United States

Current local time 11:29:50 AM (UTC-5)

March 2026 — Moon in Ames

Icon	Date		Moonrise	Moonset	Moonrise	Moon phase	Illumination
	March 1	Sun	—	5:39 AM	3:57 PM	Waxing gibbous	96%
	March 2	Mon	—	6:12 AM	5:04 PM	Waxing gibbous	99%
	March 3	Tue	—	6:41 AM	6:11 PM	Full moon	100%
	March 4	Wed	—	7:08 AM	7:17 PM	Waning gibbous	98%
	March 5	Thu	—	7:34 AM	8:23 PM	Waning gibbous	94%
	March 6	Fri	—	8:00 AM	9:30 PM	Waning gibbous	89%
	March 7	Sat	—	8:29 AM	10:37 PM	Waning gibbous	82%
Note: clock change forward 1 hour
	March 8	Sun	—	10:00 AM	—	Waning gibbous	75%
	March 9	Mon	12:44 AM	10:37 AM	—	Waning gibbous	66%
	March 10	Tue	1:50 AM	11:20 AM	—	Waning gibbous	57%
	March 11	Wed	2:52 AM	12:10 PM	—	Third quarter	47%
	March 12	Thu	3:49 AM	1:07 PM	—	Waning crescent	38%
	March 13	Fri	4:38 AM	2:10 PM	—	Waning crescent	29%
	March 14	Sat	5:20 AM	3:16 PM	—	Waning crescent	20%
	March 15	Sun	5:56 AM	4:23 PM	—	Waning crescent	13%
	March 16	Mon	6:27 AM	5:30 PM	—	Waning crescent	7%
	March 17	Tue	6:55 AM	6:37 PM	—	Waning crescent	2%
	March 18	Wed	7:22 AM	7:43 PM	—	New moon	0%
	March 19	Thu	7:48 AM	8:50 PM	—	Waxing crescent	1%
	March 20	Fri	8:15 AM	9:56 PM	—	Waxing crescent	4%
	March 21	Sat	8:44 AM	11:04 PM	—	Waxing crescent	9%
	March 22	Sun	—	—	9:17 AM	Waxing crescent	17%
	March 23	Mon	—	12:11 AM	9:55 AM	Waxing crescent	27%
	March 24	Tue	—	1:16 AM	10:40 AM	Waxing crescent	38%
	March 25	Wed	—	2:16 AM	11:33 AM	First quarter	49%
	March 26	Thu	—	3:10 AM	12:32 PM	Waxing gibbous	60%
	March 27	Fri	—	3:57 AM	1:36 PM	Waxing gibbous	71%
	March 28	Sat	—	4:37 AM	2:42 PM	Waxing gibbous	80%
	March 29	Sun	—	5:12 AM	3:50 PM	Waxing gibbous	88%
	March 30	Mon	—	5:42 AM	4:57 PM	Waxing gibbous	94%
	March 31	Tue	—	6:09 AM	6:03 PM	Waxing gibbous	98%

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