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The Moon on Saturday, March 19, 2011: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Full Moon at

18:10UTC

Moon phase on March 19, 2011Full Moon

Saturday 19 March 2011356,654 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 19, 2011, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
356,654 km221,615 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Worm Moon, 356,567 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 2011 is on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 18:10 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 20:46 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 12, 201123:45
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, March 19, 201118:10
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, March 26, 201112:08

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Saturday, March 19, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 4, 2011 to the new moon of April 3, 2011, a cycle of 29.74 days.