![]() March 11 Waxing Gibbous 97% |
![]() March 12 Waxing Gibbous 99% |
![]() Full Moon Illumination: 100% |
![]() March 14 Waning Gibbous 99% |
![]() March 15 Waning Gibbous 96% |
On this day the Moon was in a Full Moon phase. The Moon will be visible throughout the night sky rising at sunset in the east and setting with the sunrise the next morning in the west. During a Full Moon the moon is 100% illuminated as seen from Earth and is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. The point at which a Full Moon occurs can be measured down to a fraction of a second. The time it takes between full moons is known as a Synodic month and is 29.530587981 days long. Keep track of all the Full Moons throughout the year on the Full Moon Calendar >
Visit the March 1892 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
The Full Moon on March 13 has an illumination of 100%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On March 13 the Moon is 14.91 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.