Full Moon March 2026 in Virgo: the Worm Moon
The full moon of March 2026 is exact on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 11:38 UTC, with the Moon at 12°54' Virgo and the Sun at 12°53' Pisces. Your time:
Status as of November 2, 2026: 243 days ago.
What time is the March 2026 full moon?
At 11:38 UTC on March 3, 2026, which is Tue, Mar 3, 06:38 AM in New York and Tue, Mar 3, 03:38 AM in Los Angeles.
What sign is the March 2026 full moon in?
Virgo: the Moon is at 12°54' Virgo, opposite the Sun at 12°53' Pisces.
What is the March 2026 full moon called?
The Worm Moon, the name given to March’s full moon in the North American naming tradition.
Is the March 2026 full moon a supermoon?
No: the Moon is 382,603 km away, closer than the 384,400 km average but outside the 360,000 km supermoon line; it is number 7 of 2026’s 13 full moons by closeness.
Is the March 2026 full moon an eclipse?
Yes: it is a total lunar eclipse, because the Moon is only 0.36° south of the ecliptic at the exact full moon.
When is the next full moon after March 2026?
On April 2, 2026 at 02:12 UTC, in Libra.
Computed details, March 3, 2026
| Exact time (UTC) | March 3, 2026, 11:38 UTC Your time: |
|---|---|
| Moon | ♍︎ 12°54' Virgo |
| Sun | ♓︎ 12°53' Pisces |
| Name | Worm Moon The name given to March’s full moon. |
| Eclipse | Total Lunar Eclipse |
| Distance from Earth | 382,603 km (−1,797 km) |
| Apparent size | 31.2 arcminutes |
| Nearest perigee | February 24, 2026, 23:11 UTC · 370,125 km 6 d 12 h before |
| Distance from the ecliptic | 0.36° south |
| Closeness rank | 7 of 13 (2026) |
| Since the previous full moon | 29 d 13 h |
Local clock readings
| Place | Local time |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles | Tue, Mar 3, 03:38 AM |
| New York | Tue, Mar 3, 06:38 AM |
| London | Tue, Mar 3, 11:38 AM |
| India | Tue, Mar 3, 05:08 PM |
| Sydney | Tue, Mar 3, 10:38 PM |
What a full moon in Virgo means
With the Moon in Virgo and the Sun in Pisces, this full moon lights the Virgo–Pisces axis: what started at the new moon in Aquarius on February 17, 2026 comes to a head. Virgo is a mutable earth sign ruled by Mercury; its keywords: precise, helpful, analytical.
Attention turns to detail, health and what needs fixing. People tidy, sort and critique, themselves first. Productive days for admin and small repairs; the risk is fussing over what is already fine.
What it means for your sign: The house this lunation falls in for each of the 12 sun signs.
The instant is the same everywhere; only the clock reading changes. Distances are centre to centre. There is no official supermoon definition: here a supermoon is a full moon with the Moon within 360,000 km of Earth, a micromoon one beyond 405,000 km. Computed with astronomy-engine, tropical zodiac. Data: full-moon/2026.json (CC0 JSON).