Supermoons in 2029
Which full moons of 2029 count as supermoons, with the computed distance of each one and the threshold used.
Supermoon
3
Distance from Earth
356,683 km
30 Mar 2029
Micromoon
1
Supermoon: < 363,300 km
Moon phases in 2029
| Date | Time (UTC) | Distance from Earth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jan 2029 | 06:03 | 367,046 km | — |
| 28 Feb 2029 | 17:10 | 359,659 km | Supermoon |
| 30 Mar 2029 | 02:26 | 356,683 km | Supermoon |
| 28 Apr 2029 | 10:37 | 358,383 km | Supermoon |
| 27 May 2029 | 18:37 | 364,262 km | — |
| 26 Jun 2029 | 03:22 | 373,267 km | — |
| 25 Jul 2029 | 13:36 | 383,893 km | — |
| 24 Aug 2029 | 01:51 | 394,276 km | — |
| 22 Sept 2029 | 16:29 | 402,367 km | — |
| 22 Oct 2029 | 09:28 | 406,277 km | Micromoon |
| 21 Nov 2029 | 04:03 | 404,820 km | — |
| 20 Dec 2029 | 22:46 | 398,120 km | — |
How these times are calculated
There is no official definition of a supermoon. Here a supermoon is a full moon closer than 363,300 km to the centre of the Earth, the mean perigee distance — the threshold that reproduces the lists published by Fred Espenak and by the press. The computed distance is always shown next to it so you can judge the borderline cases yourself.
The Moon’s position comes from Meeus’s series (chapter 47, full tables), accurate to about 10 arcseconds. Moonrise and moonset use the standard altitude 0.7275·π − 0.5667°, with π the horizontal parallax, which is the USNO convention. The instants of new moon, full moon and the quarters come from Meeus chapter 49, converted from Dynamical Time to UTC. Checked against the USNO: all 50 phases of 2026 agree to within 41 seconds, and moonrise, moonset and illumination agree to the minute and to the percentage point.