Lunar Calendar Month March 2017 (Tonga)

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 Nukuʻalofa, Tonga during March 2017.

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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	2017-03-06	00:32
full moon	2017-03-13	03:54
3rd quarter	2017-03-21	04:58
new moon	2017-03-28	15:57

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during March 2017.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance
Perigee	2017-03-03	20:25	369,063 km
Apogee	2017-03-19	06:26	404,650 km
Perigee	2017-03-31	01:40	363,854 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2017.

Name	Peak Day
γ-Normids	2017-03-14

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
Mars	2017-03-02 07:58
Aldebaran	2017-03-05 15:38
Regulus	2017-03-11 11:20
Jupiter	2017-03-15 09:04
Saturn	2017-03-20 23:49

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of March 2017.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of Tonga.

March 2017
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 9	27Monday	28Tuesday	1Wednesday 4.2% illuminated Age:1.9	2Thursday 10% illuminated Age:3	3Friday 17.9% illuminated Age:4.1	4Saturday 27.5% illuminated Age:5.2	5Sunday 38.4% illuminated Age:6.3
Week 10	6Monday 49.7% illuminated Age:7.4	7Tuesday 61% illuminated Age:8.4	8Wednesday 71.7% illuminated Age:9.5	9Thursday 81.1% illuminated Age:10.5	10Friday 89% illuminated Age:11.6	11Saturday 94.8% illuminated Age:12.6	12Sunday 98.5% illuminated Age:13.6
Week 11	13Monday 100% illuminated Age:14.6	14Tuesday 99.2% illuminated Age:15.6	15Wednesday 96.5% illuminated Age:16.5	16Thursday 91.9% illuminated Age:17.5	17Friday 85.9% illuminated Age:18.4	18Saturday 78.6% illuminated Age:19.3	19Sunday 70.4% illuminated Age:20.2
Week 12	20Monday 61.4% illuminated Age:21.1	21Tuesday 52% illuminated Age:22	22Wednesday 42.5% illuminated Age:22.9	23Thursday 33% illuminated Age:23.8	24Friday 24% illuminated Age:24.7	25Saturday 15.8% illuminated Age:25.7	26Sunday 8.8% illuminated Age:26.7
Week 13	27Monday 3.6% illuminated Age:27.7	28Tuesday 0.6% illuminated Age:28.8	29Wednesday 0.2% illuminated Age:0.4	30Thursday 2.5% illuminated Age:1.5	31Friday 7.6% illuminated Age:2.6	1Saturday	2Sunday
	3Monday	4Tuesday	5Wednesday	6Thursday	7Friday	8Saturday	9Sunday
	10Monday	11Tuesday	12Wednesday	13Thursday	14Friday	15Saturday	16Sunday