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The Moon on Friday, March 2, 2018: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Full Moon at

00:51UTC

Moon phase on March 2, 2018Full Moon

Friday 2 March 2018369,717 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 2, 2018, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
369,717 km229,731 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Worm Moon, 368,031 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 2, 2018 is on Friday, March 2, 2018 at 00:51 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 21:05 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, February 23, 201808:09
Full Moon (this day)Friday, March 2, 201800:51
Last Quarter (after)Friday, March 9, 201811:20

The Moon around March 2

More about this date

Friday, March 2, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 15, 2018 to the new moon of March 17, 2018, a cycle of 29.67 days.