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Lunar Calendar Bhutan 2019 › Moon Bhutan March 2019

Lunar Calendar Month March 2019 (Bhutan)

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 Thimphu, Bhutan 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 moon2019-03-0622:04
1st quarter2019-03-1416:27
full moon2019-03-2107:43
3rd quarter2019-03-2810:10

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2019-03-0417:27406,390 km
Perigee2019-03-2001:48359,380 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2019.

Name Peak Day
γ-Normids2019-03-15

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
Saturn2019-03-02 00:40
Venus2019-03-03 03:28
Aldebaran2019-03-13 16:13
Beehive2019-03-17 19:01
Regulus2019-03-19 05:59
Jupiter2019-03-27 08:28
Saturn2019-03-29 11:11

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
25 Monday
 
26 Tuesday
 
27 Wednesday
 
28 Thursday
 
1Friday
 
28.5% illuminated
Age: 24.2
2Saturday
 
20.2% illuminated
Age: 25.1
3Sunday
 
13.2% illuminated
Age: 26
Week 10
4Monday
 
7.5% illuminated
Age: 26.9
5Tuesday
 
3.3% illuminated
Age: 27.8
6Wednesday
 
0.8% illuminated
Age: 28.7
7Thursday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 0.1
8Friday
 
1.1% illuminated
Age: 1
9Saturday
 
4% illuminated
Age: 1.9
10Sunday
 
8.7% illuminated
Age: 2.8
Week 11
11Monday
 
15.2% illuminated
Age: 3.8
12Tuesday
 
23.1% illuminated
Age: 4.7
13Wednesday
 
32.4% illuminated
Age: 5.7
14Thursday
 
42.6% illuminated
Age: 6.7
15Friday
 
53.5% illuminated
Age: 7.7
16Saturday
 
64.5% illuminated
Age: 8.8
17Sunday
 
75% illuminated
Age: 9.8
Week 12
18Monday
 
84.5% illuminated
Age: 11
19Tuesday
 
92.2% illuminated
Age: 12.1
20Wednesday
 
97.4% illuminated
Age: 13.3
21Thursday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age: 14.4
22Friday
 
99.3% illuminated
Age: 15.6
23Saturday
 
95.9% illuminated
Age: 16.7
24Sunday
 
90.2% illuminated
Age: 17.8
Week 13
25Monday
 
82.6% illuminated
Age: 18.8
26Tuesday
 
73.8% illuminated
Age: 19.8
27Wednesday
 
64.2% illuminated
Age: 20.8
28Thursday
 
54.4% illuminated
Age: 21.7
29Friday
 
44.6% illuminated
Age: 22.7
30Saturday
 
35.2% illuminated
Age: 23.6
31Sunday
 
26.5% illuminated
Age: 24.5
1 Monday
 
2 Tuesday
 
3 Wednesday
 
4 Thursday
 
5 Friday
 
6 Saturday
 
7 Sunday
 
8 Monday
 
9 Tuesday
 
10 Wednesday
 
11 Thursday
 
12 Friday
 
13 Saturday
 
14 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z