Moon calendar

Moon phases in March 2030

The full moon falls on 19 March 2030.

Phases

New moon4 March 2030 at 06:35 UTC390,523 km away
First quarter12 March 2030 at 08:48 UTC401,523 km away
Full moon19 March 2030 at 17:57 UTC366,434 km away
Last quarter26 March 2030 at 09:51 UTC373,775 km away

Perigee and apogee

Event	Date and time (UTC)	Distance
Apogee	10 March 2030 at 02:22	404,735 km
Perigee	21 March 2030 at 22:00	362,964 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.