Daily phases · UK local time

March 2026 Moon calendar for the UK

Check the Moon's daily phase and illumination throughout March 2026, together with exact new Moon, quarter and full Moon event times.

How the Moon changes during March 2026

At 12:00 local time on 1 March, the Moon is a waxing gibbous at 95% illumination and is waxing. By 31 March, it is a full moon at 97% illumination and is waxing.

This civil month contains 4 exact principal phase events. Daily values represent the Moon at local noon; event rows below retain their precise astronomical times.

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March 2026

Daily state at 12:00 in Europe/London

Moon phase calendar for March 2026; weeks begin on Monday
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
						1Waxing Gibbous95%Age 12.0 dSelected date
2Full Moon99%Age 13.0 d	3Full Moon100%Age 14.0 d	4Full Moon99%Age 15.0 d	5Waning Gibbous96%Age 16.0 d	6Waning Gibbous91%Age 17.0 d	7Waning Gibbous84%Age 18.0 d	8Waning Gibbous76%Age 19.0 d
9Last Quarter68%Age 20.0 d	10Last Quarter59%Age 21.0 d	11Last Quarter49%Age 22.0 d	12Last Quarter40%Age 23.0 d	13Waning Crescent31%Age 24.0 d	14Waning Crescent22%Age 25.0 d	15Waning Crescent14%Age 26.0 d
16Waning Crescent8%Age 27.0 d	17New Moon3%Age 28.0 d	18New Moon0%Age 29.0 d	19New Moon0%Age 0.4 d	20New Moon3%Age 1.4 d	21Waxing Crescent8%Age 2.4 d	22Waxing Crescent15%Age 3.4 d
23Waxing Crescent25%Age 4.4 d	24First Quarter35%Age 5.4 d	25First Quarter47%Age 6.4 d	26First Quarter58%Age 7.4 d	27First Quarter69%Age 8.4 d	28Waxing Gibbous78%Age 9.4 d	29Waxing Gibbous86%Age 10.4 d
30Waxing Gibbous93%Age 11.4 d	31Full Moon97%Age 12.4 d

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Day-by-day detail · London horizon

Phase, illumination, lunar age, rise and set

Phase, illumination and age are calculated at 12:00 Europe/London. Moonrise and moonset use a central London observer; a dash means no matching horizon crossing occurs during that civil date.

Daily values at 12:00 UK local time; rise and set for London
Date	Phase	Illumination	Lunar age	Moonrise	Moonset
1	Waxing Gibbous	95%	12.0 days	15:15	06:10
2	Full Moon	99%	13.0 days	16:39	06:27
3	Full Moon	100%	14.0 days	18:00	06:40
4	Full Moon	99%	15.0 days	19:17	06:52
5	Waning Gibbous	96%	16.0 days	20:33	07:03
6	Waning Gibbous	91%	17.0 days	21:49	07:14
7	Waning Gibbous	84%	18.0 days	23:04	07:27
8	Waning Gibbous	76%	19.0 days	—	07:43
9	Last Quarter	68%	20.0 days	00:19	08:03
10	Last Quarter	59%	21.0 days	01:31	08:31
11	Last Quarter	49%	22.0 days	02:37	09:10
12	Last Quarter	40%	23.0 days	03:31	10:02
13	Waning Crescent	31%	24.0 days	04:14	11:07
14	Waning Crescent	22%	25.0 days	04:45	12:21
15	Waning Crescent	14%	26.0 days	05:08	13:40
16	Waning Crescent	8%	27.0 days	05:25	15:01
17	New Moon	3%	28.0 days	05:39	16:22
18	New Moon	0%	29.0 days	05:51	17:44
19	New Moon	0%	0.4 days	06:03	19:08
20	New Moon	3%	1.4 days	06:16	20:35
21	Waxing Crescent	8%	2.4 days	06:31	22:05
22	Waxing Crescent	15%	3.4 days	06:51	23:36
23	Waxing Crescent	25%	4.4 days	07:18	—
24	First Quarter	35%	5.4 days	07:58	01:03
25	First Quarter	47%	6.4 days	08:55	02:17
26	First Quarter	58%	7.4 days	10:09	03:12
27	First Quarter	69%	8.4 days	11:32	03:50
28	Waxing Gibbous	78%	9.4 days	12:58	04:16
29	Waxing Gibbous	86%	10.4 days	15:22	05:34
30	Waxing Gibbous	93%	11.4 days	16:42	05:48
31	Full Moon	97%	12.4 days	17:59	06:00

The month's brightest nights

Full Moon in March 2026

Worm Moon

A spring-thaw name linked in popular accounts with softened ground and the return of visible invertebrate activity.

Exact instant: 3 March 2026 at 11:38 GMT
Brown lunation: 1276

Read the Worm Moon guide

How rise and set vary across the UK

On the date of the first full Moon, longitude and latitude shift the horizon times. These representative cities all use Europe/London civil time.

Moonrise and moonset on 2026-03-03, in each location's UK local time
Location	Moonrise	Moonset
London	18:00	06:40
Cardiff	18:13	06:53
Belfast	18:21	07:08
Edinburgh	18:08	07:00
Lerwick	17:54	07:00

Traditional lunar rhythm · practical UK season

Garden windows for this month

First outdoor sowings as soil begins to warm. Use local soil, weather and frost conditions to decide whether each task is timely in your garden.

19–25 3/2026

Sowing

In suitable soil, sow peas, broad beans, spinach, radish and hardy root crops; keep tender crops under cover.

1–2, 26–31 3/2026

Planting

Plant onion and shallot sets, asparagus crowns and the last bare-root fruit.

3–10 3/2026

Harvesting

Finish winter crops and begin picking forced rhubarb where ready.

11–18 3/2026

Pruning

Complete apple and pear pruning before buds burst and tidy damaged growth.

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