Lunar Calendar Month March 2022 (Zambia)

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 Lusaka, Zambia 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	19:35
1st quarter	2022-03-10	12:45
full moon	2022-03-18	09:17
3rd quarter	2022-03-25	07:37

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	2022-03-11	01:06	404,267 km
Perigee	2022-03-24	01:29	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
Saturn	2022-03-01 01:47
Pollux	2022-03-13 08:58
Beehive	2022-03-14 09:55
Mars	2022-03-28 04:54
Venus	2022-03-28 11:50
Saturn	2022-03-28 13:43

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 31 days of March 2022.

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

March 2022
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 9	28Monday	1Tuesday 4.3% illuminated Age:27.6	2Wednesday 0.9% illuminated Age:28.7	3Thursday 0% illuminated Age:0.2	4Friday 1.7% illuminated Age:1.2	5Saturday 5.6% illuminated Age:2.2	6Sunday 11.3% illuminated Age:3.2
Week 10	7Monday 18.5% illuminated Age:4.2	8Tuesday 26.7% illuminated Age:5.1	9Wednesday 35.7% illuminated Age:6	10Thursday 45% illuminated Age:6.9	11Friday 54.4% illuminated Age:7.8	12Saturday 63.7% illuminated Age:8.7	13Sunday 72.6% illuminated Age:9.6
Week 11	14Monday 80.7% illuminated Age:10.5	15Tuesday 87.9% illuminated Age:11.4	16Wednesday 93.6% illuminated Age:12.4	17Thursday 97.7% illuminated Age:13.3	18Friday 99.8% illuminated Age:14.4	19Saturday 99.6% illuminated Age:15.4	20Sunday 96.9% illuminated Age:16.4
Week 12	21Monday 91.8% illuminated Age:17.5	22Tuesday 84.5% illuminated Age:18.6	23Wednesday 75.3% illuminated Age:19.7	24Thursday 64.8% illuminated Age:20.7	25Friday 53.6% illuminated Age:21.8	26Saturday 42.2% illuminated Age:22.9	27Sunday 31.2% illuminated Age:24
Week 13	28Monday 21.3% illuminated Age:25	29Tuesday 12.9% illuminated Age:26.1	30Wednesday 6.4% illuminated Age:27.1	31Thursday 2.1% illuminated Age:28.2	1Friday	2Saturday	3Sunday
	4Monday	5Tuesday	6Wednesday	7Thursday	8Friday	9Saturday	10Sunday
	11Monday	12Tuesday	13Wednesday	14Thursday	15Friday	16Saturday	17Sunday