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The Moon on Sunday, March 5, 1939: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Full Moon at

18:00UTC

Moon phase on March 5, 1939Full Moon

Sunday 5 March 1939360,358 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 5, 1939, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
360,358 km223,916 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Worm Moon, 360,874 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1939 is on Sunday, March 5, 1939 at 18:00 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 19, 1939 at 08:28 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 27, 193903:26
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, March 5, 193918:00
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 12, 193921:37

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Sunday, March 5, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 19, 1939 to the new moon of March 21, 1939, a cycle of 29.72 days.