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Lunar Calendar Month March 2018 (Heard Island And McDonald 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 Heard Island Central Terrotory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands during March 2018.

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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
full moon2018-03-0205:51
3rd quarter2018-03-0916:20
new moon2018-03-1718:11
1st quarter2018-03-2420:35
full moon2018-03-3117:37

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during March 2018.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2018-03-1114:15404,681 km
Perigee2018-03-2622:19369,103 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2018.

NamePeak Day
γ-Normids2018-03-14

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
Regulus2018-03-01 10:09
Jupiter2018-03-07 11:57
Mars2018-03-10 05:37
Saturn2018-03-11 07:37
Venus2018-03-19 00:07
Aldebaran2018-03-23 03:33
Beehive2018-03-27 05:52
Regulus2018-03-28 18:38

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of March 2018.

March 2018
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 9
26Monday
 
27Tuesday
 
28Wednesday
 
1Thursday
 
97.9% illuminated
Age:13.4
2Friday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age:14.5
3Saturday
 
99.2% illuminated
Age:15.6
4Sunday
 
96% illuminated
Age:16.7
Week 10
5Monday
 
90.5% illuminated
Age:17.7
6Tuesday
 
83.5% illuminated
Age:18.7
7Wednesday
 
75.2% illuminated
Age:19.7
8Thursday
 
66.1% illuminated
Age:20.6
9Friday
 
56.7% illuminated
Age:21.5
10Saturday
 
47.2% illuminated
Age:22.4
11Sunday
 
37.8% illuminated
Age:23.3
Week 11
12Monday
 
28.9% illuminated
Age:24.2
13Tuesday
 
20.8% illuminated
Age:25.1
14Wednesday
 
13.6% illuminated
Age:26
15Thursday
 
7.6% illuminated
Age:26.9
16Friday
 
3.2% illuminated
Age:27.8
17Saturday
 
0.6% illuminated
Age:28.8
18Sunday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age:0.2
Week 12
19Monday
 
1.7% illuminated
Age:1.2
20Tuesday
 
5.6% illuminated
Age:2.3
21Wednesday
 
11.8% illuminated
Age:3.3
22Thursday
 
19.8% illuminated
Age:4.3
23Friday
 
29.5% illuminated
Age:5.4
24Saturday
 
40.2% illuminated
Age:6.5
25Sunday
 
51.6% illuminated
Age:7.5
Week 13
26Monday
 
62.9% illuminated
Age:8.6
27Tuesday
 
73.6% illuminated
Age:9.7
28Wednesday
 
83.1% illuminated
Age:10.8
29Thursday
 
90.8% illuminated
Age:11.9
30Friday
 
96.3% illuminated
Age:12.9
31Saturday
 
99.4% illuminated
Age:14
1Sunday
 
2Monday
 
3Tuesday
 
4Wednesday
 
5Thursday
 
6Friday
 
7Saturday
 
8Sunday
 
9Monday
 
10Tuesday
 
11Wednesday
 
12Thursday
 
13Friday
 
14Saturday
 
15Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z