The Worm Moon is full on 22 March. Watch it rise in the east as the sun goes down.
It rises full on the evening of 21 March in most of the Americas, and of 22 March in Europe, Africa, Asia and most of Oceania. The Worm Moon is March’s full moon, by the names North American almanacs give each month’s. It is 372,525 km away.
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The Americas
Atlanta21 Mar · rises 7:19 PM in the east · full at 6:43 AM on 22 Mar
Austin21 Mar · rises 7:15 PM in the east · full at 5:43 AM on 22 Mar
Bogotá21 Mar · rises 5:35 PM in the east · full at 5:43 AM on 22 Mar
Boston21 Mar · rises 6:24 PM in the east · full at 6:43 AM on 22 Mar
Buenos Aires22 Mar · rises 6:58 PM in the east · full at 7:43 AM
Chicago21 Mar · rises 6:34 PM in the east · full at 5:43 AM on 22 Mar
Dallas21 Mar · rises 7:11 PM in the east · full at 5:43 AM on 22 Mar
Denver21 Mar · rises 6:46 PM in the east · full at 4:43 AM on 22 Mar
Houston21 Mar · rises 7:05 PM in the east · full at 5:43 AM on 22 Mar
Las Vegas21 Mar · rises 6:28 PM in the east · full at 3:43 AM on 22 Mar
Lima21 Mar · rises 5:46 PM in the east · full at 5:43 AM on 22 Mar
Los Angeles21 Mar · rises 6:41 PM in the east · full at 3:43 AM on 22 Mar
Mexico City21 Mar · rises 6:19 PM in the east · full at 4:43 AM on 22 Mar
Miami21 Mar · rises 7:01 PM in the east · full at 6:43 AM on 22 Mar
Minneapolis21 Mar · rises 6:58 PM in the east · full at 5:43 AM on 22 Mar
Montréal21 Mar · rises 6:35 PM in the east · full at 6:43 AM on 22 Mar
Nashville21 Mar · rises 6:29 PM in the east · full at 5:43 AM on 22 Mar
New Orleans21 Mar · rises 6:43 PM in the east · full at 5:43 AM on 22 Mar
New York21 Mar · rises 6:36 PM in the east · full at 6:43 AM on 22 Mar
Philadelphia21 Mar · rises 6:41 PM in the east · full at 6:43 AM on 22 Mar
Phoenix21 Mar · rises 6:15 PM in the east · full at 3:43 AM on 22 Mar
Portland21 Mar · rises 7:02 PM in the east · full at 3:43 AM on 22 Mar
Rio de Janeiro22 Mar · rises 6:03 PM in the east · full at 7:43 AM
Salt Lake City21 Mar · rises 7:15 PM in the east · full at 4:43 AM on 22 Mar
San Diego21 Mar · rises 6:36 PM in the east · full at 3:43 AM on 22 Mar
San Francisco21 Mar · rises 6:59 PM in the east · full at 3:43 AM on 22 Mar
Santiago22 Mar · rises 7:49 PM in the east · full at 7:43 AM
São Paulo22 Mar · rises 6:17 PM in the east · full at 7:43 AM
Seattle21 Mar · rises 7:01 PM in the east · full at 3:43 AM on 22 Mar
Toronto21 Mar · rises 6:59 PM in the east · full at 6:43 AM on 22 Mar
Vancouver21 Mar · rises 7:04 PM in the east · full at 3:43 AM on 22 Mar
Washington, DC21 Mar · rises 6:49 PM in the east · full at 6:43 AM on 22 Mar
Europe
Amsterdam22 Mar · rises 7:28 PM in the east · full at 11:43 AM
Athens22 Mar · rises 6:56 PM in the east · full at 12:43 PM
Barcelona22 Mar · rises 7:29 PM in the east · full at 11:43 AM
Berlin22 Mar · rises 6:52 PM in the east · full at 11:43 AM
Brussels22 Mar · rises 7:28 PM in the east · full at 11:43 AM
Copenhagen22 Mar · rises 6:59 PM in the east · full at 11:43 AM
Dublin22 Mar · rises 7:16 PM in the east · full at 10:43 AM
Edinburgh22 Mar · rises 7:07 PM in the east · full at 10:43 AM
Hamburg22 Mar · rises 7:08 PM in the east · full at 11:43 AM
Helsinki22 Mar · rises 7:14 PM in the east-south-east · full at 12:43 PM
Istanbul22 Mar · rises 7:36 PM in the east · full at 1:43 PM
Lisbon22 Mar · rises 7:14 PM in the east · full at 10:43 AM
London22 Mar · rises 6:48 PM in the east · full at 10:43 AM
Madrid22 Mar · rises 7:53 PM in the east · full at 11:43 AM
Milan22 Mar · rises 7:03 PM in the east · full at 11:43 AM
Moscow22 Mar · rises 7:13 PM in the east · full at 1:43 PM
Munich22 Mar · rises 6:55 PM in the east · full at 11:43 AM
Nice22 Mar · rises 7:09 PM in the east · full at 11:43 AM
Oslo22 Mar · rises 7:14 PM in the east-south-east · full at 11:43 AM
Paris22 Mar · rises 7:35 PM in the east · full at 11:43 AM
Porto22 Mar · rises 7:14 PM in the east · full at 10:43 AM
Prague22 Mar · rises 6:45 PM in the east · full at 11:43 AM
Reykjavík22 Mar · rises 8:43 PM in the east-south-east · full at 10:43 AM
Rome22 Mar · rises 6:46 PM in the east · full at 11:43 AM
Stockholm22 Mar · rises 6:42 PM in the east-south-east · full at 11:43 AM
Venice22 Mar · rises 6:49 PM in the east · full at 11:43 AM
Vienna22 Mar · rises 6:35 PM in the east · full at 11:43 AM
Warsaw22 Mar · rises 6:19 PM in the east · full at 11:43 AM
Zürich22 Mar · rises 7:07 PM in the east · full at 11:43 AM
Africa
Cairo22 Mar · rises 6:20 PM in the east · full at 12:43 PM
Cape Town22 Mar · rises 6:45 PM in the east · full at 12:43 PM
Lagos22 Mar · rises 7:05 PM in the east · full at 11:43 AM
Marrakesh22 Mar · rises 8:04 PM in the east · full at 11:43 AM
Nairobi22 Mar · rises 6:43 PM in the east · full at 1:43 PM
Asia
Bali22 Mar · rises 6:18 PM in the east · full at 6:43 PM
Bangkok22 Mar · rises 6:25 PM in the east · full at 5:43 PM
Beijing22 Mar · rises 6:28 PM in the east · full at 6:43 PM
Bengaluru22 Mar · rises 6:30 PM in the east · full at 4:13 PM
Delhi22 Mar · rises 6:37 PM in the east · full at 4:13 PM
Hong Kong22 Mar · rises 6:31 PM in the east · full at 6:43 PM
Kyoto22 Mar · rises 6:05 PM in the east · full at 7:43 PM
Mumbai22 Mar · rises 6:51 PM in the east · full at 4:13 PM
Osaka22 Mar · rises 6:06 PM in the east · full at 7:43 PM
Seoul22 Mar · rises 6:43 PM in the east · full at 7:43 PM
Shanghai22 Mar · rises 6:03 PM in the east · full at 6:43 PM
Singapore22 Mar · rises 7:07 PM in the east · full at 6:43 PM
Taipei22 Mar · rises 6:01 PM in the east · full at 6:43 PM
Tel Aviv22 Mar · rises 6:06 PM in the east · full at 12:43 PM
Tokyo22 Mar · rises 5:49 PM in the east · full at 7:43 PM
Oceania
Auckland22 Mar · rises 7:06 PM in the east · full at 11:43 PM
Brisbane22 Mar · rises 5:37 PM in the east · full at 8:43 PM
Honolulu21 Mar · rises 6:24 PM in the east · full at 12:43 AM on 22 Mar
Melbourne22 Mar · rises 7:07 PM in the east · full at 9:43 PM
Perth22 Mar · rises 6:08 PM in the east · full at 6:43 PM
Sydney22 Mar · rises 6:43 PM in the east · full at 9:43 PM
How it is worked out
The nameThe Worm Moon is March’s full moon, by the names North American almanacs give each month’s. The names here follow the calendar in UTC, so near a month’s end a full moon can carry the next month’s name in the Americas.
FullFull is the instant the moon stands opposite the sun, worked out from Meeus’s lunar theory to the minute.
The evening it rises fullOf the moonrises on the day it is full and the days either side, the one nearest that instant: the moon’s upper edge clearing a level horizon, as on the moon pages.
A supermoonA full moon nearer than 363,000 km, the almanacs’ rule.
The other full moons
The Hunter's Moon26 October 2026 The Beaver Moon24 November 2026 The Cold Moon24 December 2026 The Wolf Moon22 January 2027 The Snow Moon20 February 2027 The Pink Moon20 April 2027 The Flower Moon20 May 2027 The Strawberry Moon19 June 2027 The Buck Moon18 July 2027 The Sturgeon Moon17 August 2027 The Harvest Moon15 September 2027 The Corn Moon3 September 2028Make time for the light.
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