Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°
Full Moon at
15:23UTC
Moon phase on March 20, 1981Full Moon
On Friday, March 20, 1981, 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
400,085 km248,601 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Worm Moon, 400,439 km from Earth.
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 20, 1981 is on Friday, March 20, 1981 at 15:23 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 6, 1981 at 10:31 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Friday, March 13, 1981 | 01:51 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Friday, March 20, 1981 | 15:23 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, March 28, 1981 | 19:34 |
The Moon around March 20
More about this date
Friday, March 20, 1981 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 6, 1981 to the new moon of April 4, 1981, a cycle of 29.41 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 1981, or the whole moon calendar 1981.
- The same date one year apart: 1980 · 1982.
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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.