Saturday 23 March 2019

Moon Thursday 21st March 2019

Full supermoon on the March 2019 equinox - this is a vernal equinox - vernal from Latin 'vernus' meaning 'of the spring' and equinox from Latin meaning 'equality of night and day'.

This is the closest a full moon and the March equinox have come since March 2000! You will have to wait 11 years to get them less than a day apart again!

(In the Southern Hemisphere, this March full moon counts as your Harvest Moon. The Harvest Moon is the full moon occurring closest to the autumnal equinox.)

Time 22:35.
Distance 224,094 miles.
Full moon phase.
135 degrees SE compass point (azimuth).
Altitude 27.3 degrees.