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Lunar Calendar Costa Rica 2021 › Moon Costa Rica March 2021

Lunar Calendar Month March 2021 (Costa Rica)

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 San José, Costa Rica during March 2021.

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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
3rd quarter2021-03-0519:30
new moon2021-03-1304:21
1st quarter2021-03-2108:40
full moon2021-03-2812:48

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during March 2021.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2021-03-0123:20365,421 km
Apogee2021-03-1723:05405,252 km
Perigee2021-03-3000:13360,310 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
Saturn2021-03-09 17:02
Jupiter2021-03-10 09:35
Mercury2021-03-10 19:02
Mars2021-03-19 11:48
Beehive2021-03-24 03:58

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of March 2021.

March 2021
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 9
1Monday
 
95.1% illuminated
Age: 16.9
2Tuesday
 
88.8% illuminated
Age: 18
3Wednesday
 
80.4% illuminated
Age: 19.1
4Thursday
 
70.3% illuminated
Age: 20.2
5Friday
 
59.3% illuminated
Age: 21.3
6Saturday
 
48% illuminated
Age: 22.3
7Sunday
 
36.9% illuminated
Age: 23.4
Week 10
8Monday
 
26.7% illuminated
Age: 24.4
9Tuesday
 
17.7% illuminated
Age: 25.4
10Wednesday
 
10.4% illuminated
Age: 26.4
11Thursday
 
4.9% illuminated
Age: 27.4
12Friday
 
1.4% illuminated
Age: 28.4
13Saturday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 29.4
14Sunday
 
0.7% illuminated
Age: 0.8
Week 11
15Monday
 
3.2% illuminated
Age: 1.7
16Tuesday
 
7.4% illuminated
Age: 2.6
17Wednesday
 
13.2% illuminated
Age: 3.5
18Thursday
 
20.2% illuminated
Age: 4.4
19Friday
 
28.3% illuminated
Age: 5.3
20Saturday
 
37.2% illuminated
Age: 6.2
21Sunday
 
46.6% illuminated
Age: 7.1
Week 12
22Monday
 
56.4% illuminated
Age: 8
23Tuesday
 
66.1% illuminated
Age: 8.9
24Wednesday
 
75.5% illuminated
Age: 9.9
25Thursday
 
84% illuminated
Age: 10.9
26Friday
 
91.3% illuminated
Age: 11.9
27Saturday
 
96.6% illuminated
Age: 13
28Sunday
 
99.6% illuminated
Age: 14.1
Week 13
29Monday
 
99.7% illuminated
Age: 15.3
30Tuesday
 
96.9% illuminated
Age: 16.4
31Wednesday
 
91.3% illuminated
Age: 17.6
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
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z