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From Moongiant.com
Today and tonight the Moon will be in a Full Moon phase. 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 Moon will be visible throughout the night sky rising at sunset in the east and setting with the sunrise the next morning. 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 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
Today’s Full Moon Phase
The Full Moon on March 18 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 18 the Moon is 14.95 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.
The 8 Lunar Phases
There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.
Phase Details
Illumination: 100%
Moon Age: 14.95 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 382,254.06 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,924,377.11 km
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Northwestern Hemisphere
The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA
March 18, 2022
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:06 Libra 33
Mercury:14 Pisces 42
Venus:11 Aquarius 47
Mars:09 Aquarius 30
Jupiter:18 Pisces 12
Saturn:20 Aquarius 46
Uranus:12 Taurus 16
Neptune:23 Pisces 05
Pluto:28 Capricorn 11
True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 52 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 27 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 00
Chiron:11 Aries 32
Ceres:09 Gemini 02
Pallas:12 Aries 18
Juno:17 Aquarius 47
Eris:24 Aries 03
Earth:4
Air:8
Water:4
Fixed:8
Mutable:6
Northern Hemisphere
The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA
March 18, 2022
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:05 Libra 25
Mercury:14 Pisces 33
Venus:11 Aquarius 42
Mars:09 Aquarius 27
Jupiter:18 Pisces 11
Saturn:20 Aquarius 45
Uranus:12 Taurus 15
Neptune:23 Pisces 05
Pluto:28 Capricorn 11
True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 52 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 28 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):27 Gemini 00
Chiron:11 Aries 31
Ceres:09 Gemini 00
Pallas:12 Aries 16
Juno:17 Aquarius 46
Vesta:03 Aquarius 52
Eris:24 Aries 03
Earth:4
Air:8
Water:4
Fixed:8
Mutable:6
Northeastern Hemisphere
The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe
18 March 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)
Moon:02 Libra 01
Mercury:14 Pisces 07
Venus:11 Aquarius 27
Mars:09 Aquarius 15
Jupiter:18 Pisces 07
Saturn:20 Aquarius 44
Uranus:12 Taurus 15
Neptune:23 Pisces 04
Pluto:28 Capricorn 11
True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 54 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 28 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 58
Chiron:11 Aries 31
Ceres:08 Gemini 56
Pallas:12 Aries 10
Juno:17 Aquarius 40
Vesta:03 Aquarius 45
Eris:24 Aries 03
Earth:4
Air:8
Water:4
Fixed:8
Mutable:6