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Lunar Calendar Australia 2022 › Moon Australia March 2022

Lunar Calendar Month March 2022 (Australia)

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 Canberra, Australia during March 2022.

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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 moon2022-03-0304:35
1st quarter2022-03-1021:45
full moon2022-03-1818:17
3rd quarter2022-03-2516:37

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during March 2022.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2022-03-1110:06404,267 km
Perigee2022-03-2410:29369,762 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
Mercury2022-03-01 07:07
Saturn2022-03-01 10:47
Pollux2022-03-13 17:58
Beehive2022-03-14 18:55
Mars2022-03-28 13:54
Venus2022-03-28 20:50
Saturn2022-03-28 22:43

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of March 2022.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of Australia.

March 2022
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 9
28 Monday
 
1Tuesday
 
6.2% illuminated
Age: 27.2
2Wednesday
 
1.8% illuminated
Age: 28.3
3Thursday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 29.3
4Friday
 
0.8% illuminated
Age: 0.8
5Saturday
 
3.9% illuminated
Age: 1.9
6Sunday
 
9% illuminated
Age: 2.9
Week 10
7Monday
 
15.7% illuminated
Age: 3.8
8Tuesday
 
23.6% illuminated
Age: 4.8
9Wednesday
 
32.3% illuminated
Age: 5.7
10Thursday
 
41.5% illuminated
Age: 6.6
11Friday
 
50.9% illuminated
Age: 7.5
12Saturday
 
60.3% illuminated
Age: 8.4
13Sunday
 
69.3% illuminated
Age: 9.2
Week 11
14Monday
 
77.8% illuminated
Age: 10.1
15Tuesday
 
85.3% illuminated
Age: 11.1
16Wednesday
 
91.7% illuminated
Age: 12
17Thursday
 
96.4% illuminated
Age: 13
18Friday
 
99.3% illuminated
Age: 14
19Saturday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age: 15
20Sunday
 
98.2% illuminated
Age: 16
Week 12
21Monday
 
94% illuminated
Age: 17.1
22Tuesday
 
87.5% illuminated
Age: 18.2
23Wednesday
 
79% illuminated
Age: 19.2
24Thursday
 
68.9% illuminated
Age: 20.3
25Friday
 
57.8% illuminated
Age: 21.4
26Saturday
 
46.4% illuminated
Age: 22.5
27Sunday
 
35.2% illuminated
Age: 23.6
Week 13
28Monday
 
24.9% illuminated
Age: 24.6
29Tuesday
 
15.8% illuminated
Age: 25.7
30Wednesday
 
8.6% illuminated
Age: 26.7
31Thursday
 
3.4% illuminated
Age: 27.8
1 Friday
 
2 Saturday
 
3 Sunday
 
4 Monday
 
5 Tuesday
 
6 Wednesday
 
7 Thursday
 
8 Friday
 
9 Saturday
 
10 Sunday
 
11 Monday
 
12 Tuesday
 
13 Wednesday
 
14 Thursday
 
15 Friday
 
16 Saturday
 
17 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z