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Lunar Calendar Month March 2024 (United States)

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 Washington, District of Columbia, United States during March 2024.

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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 quarter2024-03-0310:23
new moon2024-03-1005:00
1st quarter2024-03-1700:11
full moon2024-03-2503:00

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during March 2024.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2024-03-1003:07356,893 kmMaximum perigee in 2024!
Apogee2024-03-2311:45406,291 km

Eclipses in March 2024

The following is information about eclipses occuring worldwide during March 2024. The eclipses listed here may be totally visible, partly visible or not visible in any part of United States.

TypeDatesSarosNotes
lunar eclipse2024-03-25113

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
Antares2024-03-03 03:16
Mars2024-03-07 23:59
Venus2024-03-08 12:01
Jupiter2024-03-13 21:01
Pleiades2024-03-14 22:54
Pollux2024-03-19 02:44
Beehive2024-03-20 04:03
Spica2024-03-26 15:40
Antares2024-03-30 10:24

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of March 2024.

March 2024
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 9
26 Monday
 
27 Tuesday
 
28 Wednesday
 
29 Thursday
 
1Friday
 
73.4% illuminated
Age: 19.9
2Saturday
 
64.3% illuminated
Age: 20.8
3Sunday
 
54.4% illuminated
Age: 21.7
Week 10
4Monday
 
44% illuminated
Age: 22.7
5Tuesday
 
33.5% illuminated
Age: 23.7
6Wednesday
 
23.4% illuminated
Age: 24.8
7Thursday
 
14.4% illuminated
Age: 25.9
8Friday
 
7.1% illuminated
Age: 27
9Saturday
 
2.1% illuminated
Age: 28.2
10Sunday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 29.3
Week 11
11Monday
 
0.9% illuminated
Age: 0.9
12Tuesday
 
4.8% illuminated
Age: 2.1
13Wednesday
 
11.2% illuminated
Age: 3.2
14Thursday
 
19.5% illuminated
Age: 4.3
15Friday
 
29.2% illuminated
Age: 5.4
16Saturday
 
39.5% illuminated
Age: 6.4
17Sunday
 
49.9% illuminated
Age: 7.4
Week 12
18Monday
 
60% illuminated
Age: 8.3
19Tuesday
 
69.5% illuminated
Age: 9.3
20Wednesday
 
78% illuminated
Age: 10.2
21Thursday
 
85.4% illuminated
Age: 11.1
22Friday
 
91.4% illuminated
Age: 12
23Saturday
 
96% illuminated
Age: 12.9
24Sunday
 
98.8% illuminated
Age: 13.8
Week 13
25Monday
 
100% illuminated
Age: 14.6
26Tuesday
 
99.3% illuminated
Age: 15.5
27Wednesday
 
96.8% illuminated
Age: 16.5
28Thursday
 
92.5% illuminated
Age: 17.4
29Friday
 
86.6% illuminated
Age: 18.3
30Saturday
 
79.1% illuminated
Age: 19.2
31Sunday
 
70.2% illuminated
Age: 20.2
1 Monday
 
2 Tuesday
 
3 Wednesday
 
4 Thursday
 
5 Friday
 
6 Saturday
 
7 Sunday
 
8 Monday
 
9 Tuesday
 
10 Wednesday
 
11 Thursday
 
12 Friday
 
13 Saturday
 
14 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z