Lunar Calendar Month March 2027 (Cocos Islands)

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 West Island, Cocos Islands during March 2027.

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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 phases	Dates	Time
new moon	2027-03-08	15:59
1st quarter	2027-03-15	22:55
full moon	2027-03-22	17:14
3rd quarter	2027-03-30	07:24

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during March 2027.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance
Apogee	2027-03-03	12:12	405,219 km
Perigee	2027-03-19	11:02	366,439 km
Apogee	2027-03-31	08:04	404,330 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 Objects	Date and Time
Venus	2027-03-05 01:29
Mercury	2027-03-06 11:58
Pleiades	2027-03-14 04:13
Beehive	2027-03-18 22:22
Jupiter	2027-03-19 16:35
Mars	2027-03-20 01:03
Regulus	2027-03-20 12:43
Spica	2027-03-24 09:42
Antares	2027-03-27 21:06

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of March 2027.

March 2027
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 9	1Monday 45.3% illuminated Age: 22.6	2Tuesday 36% illuminated Age: 23.5	3Wednesday 27.2% illuminated Age: 24.4	4Thursday 19.3% illuminated Age: 25.3	5Friday 12.4% illuminated Age: 26.2	6Saturday 6.8% illuminated Age: 27.1	7Sunday 2.7% illuminated Age: 28
Week 10	8Monday 0.4% illuminated Age: 28.9	9Tuesday 0.1% illuminated Age: 0.3	10Wednesday 1.9% illuminated Age: 1.3	11Thursday 5.7% illuminated Age: 2.3	12Friday 11.6% illuminated Age: 3.3	13Saturday 19.4% illuminated Age: 4.3	14Sunday 28.8% illuminated Age: 5.3
Week 11	15Monday 39.3% illuminated Age: 6.4	16Tuesday 50.5% illuminated Age: 7.4	17Wednesday 61.8% illuminated Age: 8.5	18Thursday 72.7% illuminated Age: 9.6	19Friday 82.4% illuminated Age: 10.7	20Saturday 90.4% illuminated Age: 11.8	21Sunday 96.1% illuminated Age: 12.9
Week 12	22Monday 99.3% illuminated Age: 14	23Tuesday 99.9% illuminated Age: 15.1	24Wednesday 97.9% illuminated Age: 16.1	25Thursday 93.6% illuminated Age: 17.2	26Friday 87.6% illuminated Age: 18.2	27Saturday 80.1% illuminated Age: 19.1	28Sunday 71.6% illuminated Age: 20
Week 13	29Monday 62.5% illuminated Age: 21	30Tuesday 53.1% illuminated Age: 21.9	31Wednesday 43.6% illuminated Age: 22.7	1 Thursday	2 Friday	3 Saturday	4 Sunday
	5 Monday	6 Tuesday	7 Wednesday	8 Thursday	9 Friday	10 Saturday	11 Sunday
	12 Monday	13 Tuesday	14 Wednesday	15 Thursday	16 Friday	17 Saturday	18 Sunday