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Lunar Calendar Month March 2019 (Finland)

The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth and the fifth largest moon in the Solar System. It is the largest natural satellite in the solar system relative to the size of its planet. The following is information specific for Helsinki, Finland during March 2019.

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Date and time of moon phases

The information in the following table comes from calculations published by the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Moon phasesDatesTime
new moon2019-03-0618:04
1st quarter2019-03-1412:27
full moon2019-03-2103:43
3rd quarter2019-03-2806:10

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during March 2019.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2019-03-0413:27406,390 km
Perigee2019-03-1921:48359,380 km

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and Time
Saturn2019-03-01 20:40
Venus2019-03-02 23:28
Aldebaran2019-03-13 12:13
Beehive2019-03-17 15:01
Regulus2019-03-19 01:59
Jupiter2019-03-27 04:28
Saturn2019-03-29 07:11

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of March 2019.

March 2019
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 9
25Monday
 
26Tuesday
 
27Wednesday
 
28Thursday
 
1Friday
 
27% illuminated
Age:24.4
2Saturday
 
19% illuminated
Age:25.3
3Sunday
 
12.1% illuminated
Age:26.2
Week 10
4Monday
 
6.7% illuminated
Age:27.1
5Tuesday
 
2.7% illuminated
Age:28
6Wednesday
 
0.5% illuminated
Age:28.9
7Thursday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age:0.2
8Friday
 
1.4% illuminated
Age:1.1
9Saturday
 
4.7% illuminated
Age:2
10Sunday
 
9.7% illuminated
Age:3
Week 11
11Monday
 
16.4% illuminated
Age:3.9
12Tuesday
 
24.6% illuminated
Age:4.9
13Wednesday
 
34% illuminated
Age:5.9
14Thursday
 
44.4% illuminated
Age:6.9
15Friday
 
55.3% illuminated
Age:7.9
16Saturday
 
66.3% illuminated
Age:8.9
17Sunday
 
76.7% illuminated
Age:10
Week 12
18Monday
 
85.9% illuminated
Age:11.2
19Tuesday
 
93.2% illuminated
Age:12.3
20Wednesday
 
98% illuminated
Age:13.4
21Thursday
 
100% illuminated
Age:14.6
22Friday
 
98.9% illuminated
Age:15.7
23Saturday
 
95.1% illuminated
Age:16.9
24Sunday
 
89% illuminated
Age:17.9
Week 13
25Monday
 
81.2% illuminated
Age:19
26Tuesday
 
72.2% illuminated
Age:20
27Wednesday
 
62.6% illuminated
Age:21
28Thursday
 
52.7% illuminated
Age:21.9
29Friday
 
43% illuminated
Age:22.8
30Saturday
 
33.7% illuminated
Age:23.7
31Sunday
 
25.1% illuminated
Age:24.6
1Monday
 
2Tuesday
 
3Wednesday
 
4Thursday
 
5Friday
 
6Saturday
 
7Sunday
 
8Monday
 
9Tuesday
 
10Wednesday
 
11Thursday
 
12Friday
 
13Saturday
 
14Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z