Lunar Calendar Month March 2028 (French Polynesia)

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 Papeete, French Polynesia during March 2028.

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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
1st quarter	2028-03-03	23:02
full moon	2028-03-10	15:06
3rd quarter	2028-03-17	13:23
new moon	2028-03-25	18:31

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during March 2028.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Perigee	2028-03-09	22:24	357,598 km
Apogee	2028-03-22	13:25	406,095 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
Pleiades	2028-03-02 20:48
Beehive	2028-03-07 18:24
Antares	2028-03-16 03:06
Venus	2028-03-29 18:59
Pleiades	2028-03-30 02:17

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of March 2028.

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

March 2028
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 9	28 Monday	29 Tuesday	1Wednesday 21.4% illuminated Age: 4.5	2Thursday 30.2% illuminated Age: 5.5	3Friday 39.9% illuminated Age: 6.4	4Saturday 50.4% illuminated Age: 7.4	5Sunday 61.2% illuminated Age: 8.4
Week 10	6Monday 71.8% illuminated Age: 9.5	7Tuesday 81.6% illuminated Age: 10.6	8Wednesday 89.9% illuminated Age: 11.7	9Thursday 96% illuminated Age: 12.9	10Friday 99.4% illuminated Age: 14	11Saturday 99.8% illuminated Age: 15.2	12Sunday 97.2% illuminated Age: 16.4
Week 11	13Monday 91.9% illuminated Age: 17.5	14Tuesday 84.5% illuminated Age: 18.6	15Wednesday 75.7% illuminated Age: 19.6	16Thursday 65.9% illuminated Age: 20.6	17Friday 55.9% illuminated Age: 21.6	18Saturday 45.8% illuminated Age: 22.5	19Sunday 36.2% illuminated Age: 23.5
Week 12	20Monday 27.3% illuminated Age: 24.4	21Tuesday 19.3% illuminated Age: 25.3	22Wednesday 12.4% illuminated Age: 26.1	23Thursday 6.9% illuminated Age: 27	24Friday 2.9% illuminated Age: 27.9	25Saturday 0.6% illuminated Age: 28.8	26Sunday 0.1% illuminated Age: 0.2
Week 13	27Monday 1.4% illuminated Age: 1.1	28Tuesday 4.8% illuminated Age: 2.1	29Wednesday 9.9% illuminated Age: 3	30Thursday 16.9% illuminated Age: 4	31Friday 25.4% illuminated Age: 5	1 Saturday	2 Sunday
	3 Monday	4 Tuesday	5 Wednesday	6 Thursday	7 Friday	8 Saturday	9 Sunday
	10 Monday	11 Tuesday	12 Wednesday	13 Thursday	14 Friday	15 Saturday	16 Sunday