Lunar Calendar Month March 2020 (Latvia)

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 Riga, Latvia 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 phases	Dates	Time
1st quarter	2020-03-02	21:57
full moon	2020-03-09	19:48
3rd quarter	2020-03-16	11:34
new moon	2020-03-24	11:28

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Perigee	2020-03-10	08:34	357,122 km
Apogee	2020-03-24	17:24	406,688 km	Maximum 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 Objects	Date and Time
Beehive	2020-03-06 23:08
Mars	2020-03-18 10:19
Jupiter	2020-03-18 12:18
Saturn	2020-03-19 02:04
Mercury	2020-03-21 19:48

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
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 9	24Monday	25Tuesday	26Wednesday	27Thursday	28Friday	29Saturday	1Sunday 31.7% illuminated Age:5.6
Week 10	2Monday 41% illuminated Age:6.5	3Tuesday 50.9% illuminated Age:7.5	4Wednesday 61.1% illuminated Age:8.4	5Thursday 71.1% illuminated Age:9.4	6Friday 80.5% illuminated Age:10.5	7Saturday 88.7% illuminated Age:11.5	8Sunday 95.1% illuminated Age:12.7
Week 11	9Monday 99% illuminated Age:13.8	10Tuesday 100% illuminated Age:15	11Wednesday 97.9% illuminated Age:16.1	12Thursday 92.9% illuminated Age:17.3	13Friday 85.5% illuminated Age:18.4	14Saturday 76.3% illuminated Age:19.5	15Sunday 66.1% illuminated Age:20.6
Week 12	16Monday 55.4% illuminated Age:21.6	17Tuesday 44.7% illuminated Age:22.6	18Wednesday 34.6% illuminated Age:23.6	19Thursday 25.4% illuminated Age:24.6	20Friday 17.3% illuminated Age:25.5	21Saturday 10.6% illuminated Age:26.4	22Sunday 5.5% illuminated Age:27.3
Week 13	23Monday 2% illuminated Age:28.2	24Tuesday 0.2% illuminated Age:29.1	25Wednesday 0.2% illuminated Age:0.5	26Thursday 2.1% illuminated Age:1.4	27Friday 5.6% illuminated Age:2.3	28Saturday 10.8% illuminated Age:3.2	29Sunday 17.5% illuminated Age:4.1
Week 14	30Monday 25.2% illuminated Age:4.9	31Tuesday 34.3% illuminated Age:5.9	1Wednesday	2Thursday	3Friday	4Saturday	5Sunday
	6Monday	7Tuesday	8Wednesday	9Thursday	10Friday	11Saturday	12Sunday