Lunar Calendar Month March 2022 (Sint Maarten)

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 Philipsburg, Sint Maarten 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 phases	Dates	Time
new moon	2022-03-02	13:35
1st quarter	2022-03-10	06:45
full moon	2022-03-18	03:17
3rd quarter	2022-03-25	01:37

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Apogee	2022-03-10	19:06	404,267 km
Perigee	2022-03-23	19:29	369,762 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 Objects	Date and Time
Pollux	2022-03-13 02:58
Beehive	2022-03-14 03:55
Mars	2022-03-27 22:54
Venus	2022-03-28 05:50
Saturn	2022-03-28 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
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 9	28 Monday	1Tuesday 3.2% illuminated Age: 27.8	2Wednesday 0.4% illuminated Age: 28.9	3Thursday 0.2% illuminated Age: 0.5	4Friday 2.5% illuminated Age: 1.5	5Saturday 6.9% illuminated Age: 2.5	6Sunday 13% illuminated Age: 3.5
Week 10	7Monday 20.5% illuminated Age: 4.4	8Tuesday 28.9% illuminated Age: 5.3	9Wednesday 38% illuminated Age: 6.2	10Thursday 47.3% illuminated Age: 7.1	11Friday 56.8% illuminated Age: 8	12Saturday 66% illuminated Age: 8.9	13Sunday 74.7% 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