Daily phases · UK local time

March 2028 Moon calendar for the UK

Check the Moon's daily phase and illumination throughout March 2028, together with exact new Moon, quarter and full Moon event times.

How the Moon changes during March 2028

At 12:00 local time on 1 March, the Moon is a waxing crescent at 22% illumination and is waxing. By 31 March, it is a waxing crescent at 26% 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 2028

Daily state at 12:00 in Europe/London

Moon phase calendar for March 2028; weeks begin on Monday
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
		1Waxing Crescent22%Age 5.1 dSelected date	2First Quarter31%Age 6.1 d	3First Quarter41%Age 7.1 d	4First Quarter51%Age 8.1 d	5First Quarter62%Age 9.1 d
6Waxing Gibbous73%Age 10.1 d	7Waxing Gibbous82%Age 11.1 d	8Waxing Gibbous90%Age 12.1 d	9Full Moon96%Age 13.1 d	10Full Moon99%Age 14.1 d	11Full Moon100%Age 15.1 d	12Full Moon97%Age 16.1 d
13Waning Gibbous91%Age 17.1 d	14Waning Gibbous84%Age 18.1 d	15Waning Gibbous75%Age 19.1 d	16Last Quarter65%Age 20.1 d	17Last Quarter55%Age 21.1 d	18Last Quarter45%Age 22.1 d	19Last Quarter35%Age 23.1 d
20Waning Crescent27%Age 24.1 d	21Waning Crescent19%Age 25.1 d	22Waning Crescent12%Age 26.1 d	23Waning Crescent7%Age 27.1 d	24New Moon3%Age 28.1 d	25New Moon1%Age 29.1 d	26New Moon0%Age 0.3 d
27New Moon2%Age 1.3 d	28Waxing Crescent5%Age 2.3 d	29Waxing Crescent10%Age 3.3 d	30Waxing Crescent17%Age 4.3 d	31Waxing Crescent26%Age 5.3 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 Crescent	22%	5.1 days	07:50	23:50
2	First Quarter	31%	6.1 days	08:13	—
3	First Quarter	41%	7.1 days	08:44	01:04
4	First Quarter	51%	8.1 days	09:28	02:14
5	First Quarter	62%	9.1 days	10:27	03:15
6	Waxing Gibbous	73%	10.1 days	11:42	04:04
7	Waxing Gibbous	82%	11.1 days	13:07	04:41
8	Waxing Gibbous	90%	12.1 days	14:37	05:09
9	Full Moon	96%	13.1 days	16:08	05:31
10	Full Moon	99%	14.1 days	17:39	05:49
11	Full Moon	100%	15.1 days	19:08	06:06
12	Full Moon	97%	16.1 days	20:37	06:23
13	Waning Gibbous	91%	17.1 days	22:05	06:42
14	Waning Gibbous	84%	18.1 days	23:30	07:04
15	Waning Gibbous	75%	19.1 days	—	07:33
16	Last Quarter	65%	20.1 days	00:48	08:11
17	Last Quarter	55%	21.1 days	01:54	09:00
18	Last Quarter	45%	22.1 days	02:47	09:59
19	Last Quarter	35%	23.1 days	03:26	11:05
20	Waning Crescent	27%	24.1 days	03:55	12:16
21	Waning Crescent	19%	25.1 days	04:16	13:26
22	Waning Crescent	12%	26.1 days	04:33	14:36
23	Waning Crescent	7%	27.1 days	04:48	15:45
24	New Moon	3%	28.1 days	05:01	16:53
25	New Moon	1%	29.1 days	05:13	18:02
26	New Moon	0%	0.3 days	06:26	20:12
27	New Moon	2%	1.3 days	06:40	21:25
28	Waxing Crescent	5%	2.3 days	06:57	22:38
29	Waxing Crescent	10%	3.3 days	07:19	23:53
30	Waxing Crescent	17%	4.3 days	07:48	—
31	Waxing Crescent	26%	5.3 days	08:27	01:04

The month's brightest nights

Full Moon in March 2028

Worm Moon

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

Exact instant: 11 March 2028 at 01:06 GMT
Brown lunation: 1301
Distance: 358,061 km · supermoon rule

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 2028-03-11, in each location's UK local time
Location	Moonrise	Moonset
London	19:08	06:06
Cardiff	19:21	06:18
Belfast	19:37	06:28
Edinburgh	19:27	06:17
Lerwick	19:24	06:07

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.

1–3, 26–31 3/2028

Sowing

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

4–10 3/2028

Planting

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

11–17 3/2028

Harvesting

Finish winter crops and begin picking forced rhubarb where ready.

18–25 3/2028

Pruning

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

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