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The Moon on Saturday, March 1, 1980: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Full Moon at

21:00UTC

Moon phase on March 1, 1980Full Moon

Saturday 1 March 1980404,986 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 1, 1980, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
404,986 km251,647 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Worm Moon, 405,410 km from Earth. MicromoonPenumbral lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 1980 is on Saturday, March 1, 1980 at 21:00 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 16, 1980 at 08:51 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, February 23, 198000:14
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, March 1, 198021:00
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 9, 198023:49

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Saturday, March 1, 1980 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 16, 1980 to the new moon of March 16, 1980, a cycle of 29.42 days.