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The Moon on Thursday, March 21, 2019: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Full Moon at

01:43UTC

Moon phase on March 21, 2019Full Moon

Thursday 21 March 2019361,868 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 21, 2019, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 14.8 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.8 dMoon age
361,868 km224,855 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Worm Moon, 360,760 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 2019 is on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 01:43 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 16:04 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, March 14, 201910:27
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, March 21, 201901:43
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 28, 201904:10

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Thursday, March 21, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 6, 2019 to the new moon of April 5, 2019, a cycle of 29.70 days.