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The Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2014: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Full Moon at

17:09UTC

Moon phase on March 16, 2014Full Moon

Sunday 16 March 2014396,315 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 16, 2014, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
396,315 km246,259 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Worm Moon, 395,631 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 2014 is on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at 17:09 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 18:45 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, March 8, 201413:27
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, March 16, 201417:09
Last Quarter (after)Monday, March 24, 201401:46

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Sunday, March 16, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 1, 2014 to the new moon of March 30, 2014, a cycle of 29.45 days.