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Lunar Calendar Month March 2020 (Sweden)

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 Stockholm, Sweden during March 2020.

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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
1st quarter2020-03-0220:57
full moon2020-03-0918:48
3rd quarter2020-03-1610:34
new moon2020-03-2410:28

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during March 2020.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2020-03-1007:34357,122 km
Apogee2020-03-2416:24406,688 kmMaximum apogee in 2020!

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
Beehive2020-03-06 22:08
Mars2020-03-18 09:19
Jupiter2020-03-18 11:18
Saturn2020-03-19 01:04
Mercury2020-03-21 18:48

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of March 2020.

March 2020
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 9
24Monday
 
25Tuesday
 
26Wednesday
 
27Thursday
 
28Friday
 
29Saturday
 
1Sunday
 
32% illuminated
Age:5.7
Week 10
2Monday
 
41.4% illuminated
Age:6.6
3Tuesday
 
51.3% illuminated
Age:7.5
4Wednesday
 
61.5% illuminated
Age:8.5
5Thursday
 
71.5% illuminated
Age:9.5
6Friday
 
80.9% illuminated
Age:10.5
7Saturday
 
89% illuminated
Age:11.6
8Sunday
 
95.3% illuminated
Age:12.7
Week 11
9Monday
 
99.1% illuminated
Age:13.9
10Tuesday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age:15
11Wednesday
 
97.7% illuminated
Age:16.2
12Thursday
 
92.6% illuminated
Age:17.3
13Friday
 
85.2% illuminated
Age:18.5
14Saturday
 
75.9% illuminated
Age:19.6
15Sunday
 
65.6% illuminated
Age:20.7
Week 12
16Monday
 
54.9% illuminated
Age:21.7
17Tuesday
 
44.3% illuminated
Age:22.7
18Wednesday
 
34.2% illuminated
Age:23.7
19Thursday
 
25.1% illuminated
Age:24.6
20Friday
 
17% illuminated
Age:25.5
21Saturday
 
10.4% illuminated
Age:26.4
22Sunday
 
5.3% illuminated
Age:27.3
Week 13
23Monday
 
1.9% illuminated
Age:28.2
24Tuesday
 
0.2% illuminated
Age:29.1
25Wednesday
 
0.3% illuminated
Age:0.5
26Thursday
 
2.2% illuminated
Age:1.4
27Friday
 
5.8% illuminated
Age:2.3
28Saturday
 
11.1% illuminated
Age:3.2
29Sunday
 
17.9% illuminated
Age:4.1
Week 14
30Monday
 
25.6% illuminated
Age:5
31Tuesday
 
34.7% illuminated
Age:5.9
1Wednesday
 
2Thursday
 
3Friday
 
4Saturday
 
5Sunday
 
6Monday
 
7Tuesday
 
8Wednesday
 
9Thursday
 
10Friday
 
11Saturday
 
12Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z