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The Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 1959: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Full Moon at

20:03UTC

Moon phase on March 24, 1959Full Moon

Tuesday 24 March 1959363,627 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 24, 1959, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
363,627 km225,947 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Worm Moon, 362,665 km from Earth. SupermoonPartial lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1959 is on Tuesday, March 24, 1959 at 20:03 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 8, 1959 at 03:29 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 17, 195915:10
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, March 24, 195920:03
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 31, 195911:07

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Tuesday, March 24, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 9, 1959 to the new moon of April 8, 1959, a cycle of 29.69 days.