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The Moon on Tuesday, March 9, 1982: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Full Moon at

20:45UTC

Moon phase on March 9, 1982Full Moon

Tuesday 9 March 1982379,438 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 9, 1982, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
379,438 km235,772 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Worm Moon, 380,828 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1982 is on Tuesday, March 9, 1982 at 20:45 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 23, 1982 at 21:13 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 2, 198222:15
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, March 9, 198220:45
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 17, 198217:15

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Tuesday, March 9, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 23, 1982 to the new moon of March 25, 1982, a cycle of 29.54 days.