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The Moon on Saturday, March 16, 1957: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Full Moon at

02:22UTC

Moon phase on March 16, 1957Full Moon

Saturday 16 March 1957361,284 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 16, 1957, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 14.8 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.8 dMoon age
361,284 km224,491 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Worm Moon, 360,291 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1957 is on Saturday, March 16, 1957 at 02:22 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 1, 1957 at 16:13 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 9, 195711:50
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, March 16, 195702:22
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 23, 195705:05

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Saturday, March 16, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 1, 1957 to the new moon of March 31, 1957, a cycle of 29.71 days.