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The Moon on Monday, March 23, 1970: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Full Moon at

01:53UTC

Moon phase on March 23, 1970Full Moon

Monday 23 March 1970395,722 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 23, 1970, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
395,722 km245,890 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Worm Moon, 397,013 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1970 is on Monday, March 23, 1970 at 01:53 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 6, 1970 at 04:09 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 14, 197021:16
Full Moon (this day)Monday, March 23, 197001:53
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 30, 197011:05

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Monday, March 23, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 7, 1970 to the new moon of April 6, 1970, a cycle of 29.44 days.