Daily phases · UK local time

March 2027 Moon calendar for the UK

Check the Moon's daily phase and illumination throughout March 2027, together with exact new Moon, quarter and full Moon event times.

How the Moon changes during March 2027

At 12:00 local time on 1 March, the Moon is a last quarter at 38% illumination and is waning. By 31 March, it is a last quarter at 37% illumination and is waning.

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 2027

Daily state at 12:00 in Europe/London

Moon phase calendar for March 2027; weeks begin on Monday
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1Last Quarter38%Age 22.8 dSelected date	2Waning Crescent29%Age 23.8 d	3Waning Crescent21%Age 24.8 d	4Waning Crescent14%Age 25.8 d	5Waning Crescent8%Age 26.8 d	6New Moon3%Age 27.8 d	7New Moon1%Age 28.8 d
8New Moon0%Age 0.1 d	9New Moon1%Age 1.1 d	10Waxing Crescent5%Age 2.1 d	11Waxing Crescent10%Age 3.1 d	12Waxing Crescent18%Age 4.1 d	13Waxing Crescent27%Age 5.1 d	14First Quarter37%Age 6.1 d
15First Quarter48%Age 7.1 d	16First Quarter59%Age 8.1 d	17Waxing Gibbous70%Age 9.1 d	18Waxing Gibbous80%Age 10.1 d	19Waxing Gibbous89%Age 11.1 d	20Waxing Gibbous95%Age 12.1 d	21Full Moon99%Age 13.1 d
22Full Moon100%Age 14.1 d	23Full Moon98%Age 15.1 d	24Waning Gibbous95%Age 16.1 d	25Waning Gibbous89%Age 17.1 d	26Waning Gibbous82%Age 18.1 d	27Waning Gibbous74%Age 19.1 d	28Last Quarter65%Age 20.1 d
29Last Quarter56%Age 21.1 d	30Last Quarter46%Age 22.1 d	31Last Quarter37%Age 23.1 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	Last Quarter	38%	22.8 days	03:28	10:10
2	Waning Crescent	29%	23.8 days	04:16	11:08
3	Waning Crescent	21%	24.8 days	04:53	12:14
4	Waning Crescent	14%	25.8 days	05:19	13:25
5	Waning Crescent	8%	26.8 days	05:39	14:39
6	New Moon	3%	27.8 days	05:55	15:52
7	New Moon	1%	28.8 days	06:08	17:05
8	New Moon	0%	0.1 days	06:20	18:19
9	New Moon	1%	1.1 days	06:31	19:33
10	Waxing Crescent	5%	2.1 days	06:44	20:51
11	Waxing Crescent	10%	3.1 days	06:58	22:11
12	Waxing Crescent	18%	4.1 days	07:16	23:34
13	Waxing Crescent	27%	5.1 days	07:40	—
14	First Quarter	37%	6.1 days	08:14	00:56
15	First Quarter	48%	7.1 days	09:04	02:11
16	First Quarter	59%	8.1 days	10:11	03:12
17	Waxing Gibbous	70%	9.1 days	11:32	03:58
18	Waxing Gibbous	80%	10.1 days	13:01	04:30
19	Waxing Gibbous	89%	11.1 days	14:31	04:53
20	Waxing Gibbous	95%	12.1 days	15:59	05:10
21	Full Moon	99%	13.1 days	17:24	05:25
22	Full Moon	100%	14.1 days	18:48	05:39
23	Full Moon	98%	15.1 days	20:11	05:52
24	Waning Gibbous	95%	16.1 days	21:33	06:08
25	Waning Gibbous	89%	17.1 days	22:53	06:26
26	Waning Gibbous	82%	18.1 days	—	06:50
27	Waning Gibbous	74%	19.1 days	00:08	07:21
28	Last Quarter	65%	20.1 days	02:15	09:03
29	Last Quarter	56%	21.1 days	03:09	09:57
30	Last Quarter	46%	22.1 days	03:50	11:00
31	Last Quarter	37%	23.1 days	04:21	12:10

The month's brightest nights

Full Moon in March 2027

Worm Moon

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

Exact instant: 22 March 2027 at 10:44 GMT
Brown lunation: 1289

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 2027-03-22, in each location's UK local time
Location	Moonrise	Moonset
London	18:48	05:39
Cardiff	19:01	05:51
Belfast	19:17	06:00
Edinburgh	19:07	05:49
Lerwick	19:05	05:38

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.

8–15 3/2027

Sowing

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

16–21 3/2027

Planting

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

22–29 3/2027

Harvesting

Finish winter crops and begin picking forced rhubarb where ready.

1–7, 30–31 3/2027

Pruning

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

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