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The Moon on Wednesday, March 29, 1972: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Full Moon at

20:06UTC

Moon phase on March 29, 1972Full Moon

Wednesday 29 March 1972403,380 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 29, 1972, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
403,380 km250,648 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Worm Moon, 403,967 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 29, 1972 is on Wednesday, March 29, 1972 at 20:06 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 15, 1972 at 11:35 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 22, 197202:12
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, March 29, 197220:06
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, April 6, 197223:45

The Moon around March 29

More about this date

Wednesday, March 29, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 15, 1972 to the new moon of April 13, 1972, a cycle of 29.37 days.