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The Moon on Tuesday, March 3, 1942: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Full Moon at

00:20UTC

Moon phase on March 3, 1942Full Moon

Tuesday 3 March 1942378,385 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 3, 1942, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
378,385 km235,117 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Worm Moon, 380,228 km from Earth. Total lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 3, 1942 is on Tuesday, March 3, 1942 at 00:20 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 16, 1942 at 23:50 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 23, 194203:40
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, March 3, 194200:20
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 9, 194222:01

The Moon around March 3

More about this date

Tuesday, March 3, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 1942 to the new moon of March 16, 1942, a cycle of 29.57 days.