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The Moon on Wednesday, March 11, 2009: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Full Moon at

02:38UTC

Moon phase on March 11, 2009Full Moon

Wednesday 11 March 2009375,125 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 11, 2009, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
375,125 km233,092 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Worm Moon, 373,596 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 11, 2009 is on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 02:38 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 01:35 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 4, 200907:46
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, March 11, 200902:38
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 18, 200917:48

The Moon around March 11

More about this date

Wednesday, March 11, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 2009 to the new moon of March 26, 2009, a cycle of 29.60 days.