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Lunar Calendar United States 2022 › Moon United States March 2022

Lunar Calendar Month March 2022 (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 2022.

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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
new moon2022-03-0212:35
1st quarter2022-03-1005:45
full moon2022-03-1803:17
3rd quarter2022-03-2501:37

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during March 2022.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2022-03-1018:06404,267 km
Perigee2022-03-2319:29369,762 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
Pollux2022-03-13 01:58
Beehive2022-03-14 03:55
Mars2022-03-27 22:54
Venus2022-03-28 05:50
Saturn2022-03-28 07:43

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of March 2022.

March 2022
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 9
28 Monday
 
1Tuesday
 
3% illuminated
Age: 27.9
2Wednesday
 
0.4% illuminated
Age: 29
3Thursday
 
0.3% illuminated
Age: 0.5
4Friday
 
2.6% illuminated
Age: 1.5
5Saturday
 
7.1% illuminated
Age: 2.5
6Sunday
 
13.3% illuminated
Age: 3.5
Week 10
7Monday
 
20.8% illuminated
Age: 4.5
8Tuesday
 
29.3% illuminated
Age: 5.4
9Wednesday
 
38.4% illuminated
Age: 6.3
10Thursday
 
47.7% illuminated
Age: 7.2
11Friday
 
57.2% illuminated
Age: 8.1
12Saturday
 
66.3% illuminated
Age: 8.9
13Sunday
 
75% illuminated
Age: 9.8
Week 11
14Monday
 
82.6% illuminated
Age: 10.7
15Tuesday
 
89.4% illuminated
Age: 11.7
16Wednesday
 
94.8% illuminated
Age: 12.6
17Thursday
 
98.5% illuminated
Age: 13.6
18Friday
 
100% illuminated
Age: 14.6
19Saturday
 
99.1% illuminated
Age: 15.6
20Sunday
 
95.8% illuminated
Age: 16.7
Week 12
21Monday
 
90.2% illuminated
Age: 17.8
22Tuesday
 
82.4% illuminated
Age: 18.8
23Wednesday
 
72.8% illuminated
Age: 19.9
24Thursday
 
62.1% illuminated
Age: 21
25Friday
 
50.7% illuminated
Age: 22.1
26Saturday
 
39.4% illuminated
Age: 23.2
27Sunday
 
28.6% illuminated
Age: 24.2
Week 13
28Monday
 
19% illuminated
Age: 25.3
29Tuesday
 
11.1% illuminated
Age: 26.3
30Wednesday
 
5.1% illuminated
Age: 27.4
31Thursday
 
1.4% illuminated
Age: 28.4
1 Friday
 
2 Saturday
 
3 Sunday
 
4 Monday
 
5 Tuesday
 
6 Wednesday
 
7 Thursday
 
8 Friday
 
9 Saturday
 
10 Sunday
 
11 Monday
 
12 Tuesday
 
13 Wednesday
 
14 Thursday
 
15 Friday
 
16 Saturday
 
17 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z