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The Moon on Friday, March 7, 1947: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Full Moon at

03:15UTC

Moon phase on March 7, 1947Full Moon

Friday 7 March 1947374,159 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 7, 1947, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
374,159 km232,492 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Worm Moon, 372,753 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 7, 1947 is on Friday, March 7, 1947 at 03:15 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 21, 1947 at 02:00 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 28, 194709:12
Full Moon (this day)Friday, March 7, 194703:15
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 14, 194718:28

The Moon around March 7

More about this date

Friday, March 7, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 1947 to the new moon of March 22, 1947, a cycle of 29.61 days.