Moon calendar

Moon phases in March 2024

The full moon falls on 25 March 2024.

Phases

Last quarter3 March 2024 at 15:24 UTC386,506 km away
New moon10 March 2024 at 09:00 UTC356,892 km away
First quarter17 March 2024 at 04:11 UTC388,169 km away
Full moon25 March 2024 at 07:01 UTC405,383 km away

Perigee and apogee

Event	Date and time (UTC)	Distance
Perigee	10 March 2024 at 07:03	356,885 km
Apogee	23 March 2024 at 15:45	406,284 km

The Moon's distance varies by more than 40,000 km over a month. At perigee the disc appears about 14% wider than at apogee — a difference that is obvious in a photograph and almost impossible to judge by eye, since there is nothing in the sky to compare it to.

Times from an ELP-derived lunar theory, accurate to within one arcminute. Watch the phase change in the live simulation. A new moon is when a solar eclipse becomes possible; a full moon, a lunar one.