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Lunar Calendar Northern Hemisphere 2023 › Moon Northern Hemisphere March 2023

Lunar Calendar Month March 2023 (Northern Hemisphere)

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, Northern Hemisphere during March 2023.

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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
full moon2023-03-0707:40
3rd quarter2023-03-1422:08
new moon2023-03-2113:23
1st quarter2023-03-2822:32

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during March 2023.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2023-03-0313:02405,889 km
Perigee2023-03-1911:17362,697 km
Apogee2023-03-3107:19404,920 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
Pollux2023-03-02 21:10
Antares2023-03-13 20:21
Saturn2023-03-19 11:20
Venus2023-03-24 06:28
Pleiades2023-03-25 19:42
Mars2023-03-28 09:16
Pollux2023-03-30 05:23

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of March 2023.

March 2023
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 9
27 Monday
 
28 Tuesday
 
1Wednesday
 
67.7% illuminated
Age: 9.1
2Thursday
 
76.2% illuminated
Age: 10
3Friday
 
83.8% illuminated
Age: 10.9
4Saturday
 
90.1% illuminated
Age: 11.8
5Sunday
 
95% illuminated
Age: 12.6
Week 10
6Monday
 
98.3% illuminated
Age: 13.5
7Tuesday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age: 14.5
8Wednesday
 
99.6% illuminated
Age: 15.4
9Thursday
 
97.3% illuminated
Age: 16.3
10Friday
 
93.1% illuminated
Age: 17.3
11Saturday
 
87% illuminated
Age: 18.2
12Sunday
 
79.2% illuminated
Age: 19.2
Week 11
13Monday
 
70.4% illuminated
Age: 20.2
14Tuesday
 
60% illuminated
Age: 21.2
15Wednesday
 
49% illuminated
Age: 22.2
16Thursday
 
37.8% illuminated
Age: 23.3
17Friday
 
27% illuminated
Age: 24.4
18Saturday
 
17.3% illuminated
Age: 25.5
19Sunday
 
9.2% illuminated
Age: 26.6
Week 12
20Monday
 
3.5% illuminated
Age: 27.8
21Tuesday
 
0.5% illuminated
Age: 28.9
22Wednesday
 
0.3% illuminated
Age: 0.5
23Thursday
 
2.8% illuminated
Age: 1.6
24Friday
 
7.6% illuminated
Age: 2.6
25Saturday
 
14.4% illuminated
Age: 3.7
26Sunday
 
22.5% illuminated
Age: 4.6
Week 13
27Monday
 
31.5% illuminated
Age: 5.6
28Tuesday
 
40.9% illuminated
Age: 6.5
29Wednesday
 
50.6% illuminated
Age: 7.4
30Thursday
 
60% illuminated
Age: 8.3
31Friday
 
69% illuminated
Age: 9.2
1 Saturday
 
2 Sunday
 
3 Monday
 
4 Tuesday
 
5 Wednesday
 
6 Thursday
 
7 Friday
 
8 Saturday
 
9 Sunday
 
10 Monday
 
11 Tuesday
 
12 Wednesday
 
13 Thursday
 
14 Friday
 
15 Saturday
 
16 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z