Waxing · 100.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°
Full Moon at
12:01UTC
Moon phase on March 23, 2016Full Moon
On Wednesday, March 23, 2016, the Moon was a Full Moon: 100.0% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
100.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
404,612 km251,414 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Worm Moon, 404,614 km from Earth. MicromoonPenumbral lunar eclipse
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to March 23, 2016 is on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 12:01 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 01:55 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Tuesday, March 15, 2016 | 17:03 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Wednesday, March 23, 2016 | 12:01 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Thursday, March 31, 2016 | 15:17 |
The Moon around March 23
More about this date
Wednesday, March 23, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 9, 2016 to the new moon of April 7, 2016, a cycle of 29.40 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in March 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
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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.