Lunar Calendar Month March 2019 (Kenya)

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 Nairobi, Kenya during March 2019.

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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
new moon	2019-03-06	19:04
1st quarter	2019-03-14	13:27
full moon	2019-03-21	04:43
3rd quarter	2019-03-28	07:10

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during March 2019.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Apogee	2019-03-04	14:27	406,390 km
Perigee	2019-03-19	22:48	359,380 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
Saturn	2019-03-01 21:40
Venus	2019-03-03 00:28
Aldebaran	2019-03-13 13:13
Beehive	2019-03-17 16:01
Regulus	2019-03-19 02:59
Jupiter	2019-03-27 05:28
Saturn	2019-03-29 08:11

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of March 2019.

Kenya is partly in the southern hemisphere. The information of the moon presented here applies to the southern hemisphere. Moon phases are different for each hemisphere.

March 2019
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 9	25Monday	26Tuesday	27Wednesday	28Thursday	1Friday 27.4% illuminated Age:24.4	2Saturday 19.3% illuminated Age:25.3	3Sunday 12.4% illuminated Age:26.2
Week 10	4Monday 6.9% illuminated Age:27	5Tuesday 2.9% illuminated Age:27.9	6Wednesday 0.6% illuminated Age:28.8	7Thursday 0% illuminated Age:0.2	8Friday 1.4% illuminated Age:1.1	9Saturday 4.5% illuminated Age:2	10Sunday 9.4% illuminated Age:2.9
Week 11	11Monday 16.1% illuminated Age:3.9	12Tuesday 24.2% illuminated Age:4.8	13Wednesday 33.6% illuminated Age:5.8	14Thursday 44% illuminated Age:6.8	15Friday 54.9% illuminated Age:7.8	16Saturday 65.8% illuminated Age:8.9	17Sunday 76.3% illuminated Age:10
Week 12	18Monday 85.6% illuminated Age:11.1	19Tuesday 93% illuminated Age:12.2	20Wednesday 97.9% illuminated Age:13.4	21Thursday 99.9% illuminated Age:14.6	22Friday 99% illuminated Age:15.7	23Saturday 95.3% illuminated Age:16.8	24Sunday 89.3% illuminated Age:17.9
Week 13	25Monday 81.6% illuminated Age:18.9	26Tuesday 72.6% illuminated Age:19.9	27Wednesday 63% illuminated Age:20.9	28Thursday 53.1% illuminated Age:21.9	29Friday 43.4% illuminated Age:22.8	30Saturday 34.1% illuminated Age:23.7	31Sunday 25.4% illuminated Age:24.6
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