Waxing · 99.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°
Full Moon at
23:34UTC
Moon phase on March 18, 1973Full Moon
On Sunday, March 18, 1973, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
385,253 km239,385 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Worm Moon, 387,045 km from Earth.
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 18, 1973 is on Sunday, March 18, 1973 at 23:34 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 5, 1973 at 00:08 UTC, 13 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Sunday, March 11, 1973 | 21:26 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Sunday, March 18, 1973 | 23:34 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Monday, March 26, 1973 | 23:46 |
The Moon around March 18
More about this date
Sunday, March 18, 1973 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 5, 1973 to the new moon of April 3, 1973, a cycle of 29.48 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 1973, or the whole moon calendar 1973.
- The same date one year apart: 1972 · 1974.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.