Full Moon: March 2026

The short answer

The Full Moon in March 2026 is exact at 11:39 UTC on 3 March 2026, at 12.9° Virgo.

The Full Moon in March 2026 is exact at 11:39 UTC on 3 March 2026, at 12.9° Virgo.

Exact instant: 11:39 UTC on 3 March 2026, at 12.9° Virgo.

CityLocal time
Sydney10:39 pm AEDT, Mar 3
London11:39 AM GMT, Mar 3
New York6:39 AM EST, Mar 3
Los Angeles3:39 AM PST, Mar 3
Mumbai5:09 PM GMT+5:30, Mar 3
Tokyo8:39 PM GMT+9, Mar 3

This is a lunar eclipse. Eclipses land within the Moon's node zone and mark faster, more consequential turning points than an ordinary lunation.

The sky at that moment

2nd decan of Virgo (12.9°), the Capricorn third of the sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn.

  • The Moon is 2.3° from a sextile to Jupiter.

Nineteen years earlier, on Sunday 4 March 2007 (Sydney), the Full Moon fell at 13.0° Virgo, 0.1° from this one: the Moon's phases come back to almost the same dates every 19 years.

Seeing it from Australia

From Australia this Full Moon looks upside down next to photos taken in the Northern Hemisphere: the dark plains that make the face sit the other way up, and it rises in the east as the Sun sets.

Moonrise and moonset on 2026-03-03, local time
CityMoonriseMoonset
Brisbaneabout 6:16 pm AESTabout 5:15 am AEST
Sydneyabout 7:28 pm AEDTabout 6:15 am AEDT
Melbourneabout 7:57 pm AEDTabout 6:37 am AEDT
Adelaideabout 7:50 pm ACDTabout 6:37 am ACDT
Hobartabout 7:51 pm AEDTabout 6:20 am AEDT
Perthabout 6:51 pm AWSTabout 5:45 am AWST
Darwinabout 7:09 pm ACSTabout 6:30 am ACST

Where it falls, by rising sign

What a full moon tends to do in a house: Full Moon meaning.

Rising signWhere this full moon falls for you
AriesYour 6th house: the actual work of your days, routines, and your body's upkeep.
TaurusYour 5th house: romance, flirtation, children, and anything you make for the joy of it.
GeminiYour 4th house: home, family, where you are from, and your private life.
CancerYour 3rd house: conversations, messages, short trips, siblings and neighbours.
LeoYour 2nd house: the money you earn, what you own, and what you think you are worth.
VirgoYour 1st house: you, your body, your appearance, the first impression you make.
LibraYour 12th house: rest, retreat, endings, and what you have not admitted yet.
ScorpioYour 11th house: friends, groups, networks, and what you are aiming at next.
SagittariusYour 10th house: your career, your public standing, and the people above you.
CapricornYour 9th house: long trips, study, publishing, law, and what you believe.
AquariusYour 8th house: joint finances, debt, tax, inheritance, and what you only say in private.
PiscesYour 7th house: your significant other, close business partners, and open opponents.

Where this time comes from

A lunation is the instant the Sun-Moon angle crosses 0° (New Moon) or 180° (Full Moon), found by scanning the real ephemeris hourly and bisecting to the exact minute. The same engine drives the full moon calendar.

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