By studying the lunar phases and the position of the Moon in the sky, to determine its height and its ascending or descending path, it is possible to calculate what the times when certain garden tasks will be most effective or less for crop growth. These calculations They can also be applied to the effects that certain care can have on the body, such as haircuts and waxing, which allows us to establish the most advisable times to carry them out.
Our 2024 lunar calendar includes the best days to get a haircut and wax throughout the year, as well as information on the phases of the Moon and other astronomical phenomena month by month. In this article you will find the most detailed information corresponding to the month of March.
The phases of the Moon in March 2024
The month of March begins with the Moon in its waning phase, since the full Moon in February occurred at the end of the month. The last quarter phase, in which the Moon is 50% illuminated, arrives this year on Sunday, March 3.
The new Moon follows the following Sunday, the 10th, to begin a new lunar cycle that will end on the Monday March 25 with the Full moon.
This full Moon in March has the particularity that it arrives with the first of the four eclipses of the year, a penumbral lunar eclipse. In Spain this eclipse will be visible during its initial phase, but at the moment of maximum intensity the Moon will have already hidden.
If you want to know at what exact time the different phases of the Moon occur throughout the month of March, we detail them below:
- Last quarter: Sunday, March 3, 2023 at 4:25 p.m.
- New moon: Sunday, March 10, 2023 at 10:02
- Crescent: Sunday, March 17, 2023 at 05:11.
- Full moon: Monday, March 25, 2023 at 8:01.
March lunar calendar for haircuts and waxing
The calculation of the best days to wax or cut your hair in March is carried out following the criteria of biodynamic agriculture. Depending on the position of the Moon and other stars, this discipline determines what is known as «flower periods», «leaf periods» or «root periods».
Each of these periods is associated with certain influences on plants and people that would make one care or another more or less effective. The flower periods are thus considered the most recommended for hair removal and for the stem to take longer to emerge, while the leaf and root periods are the ones recommended for cutting the hair and for it to grow faster or stronger, respectively.
Below we detail On what dates in March each of these periods occurs according to biodynamic agriculture and, therefore, what are they? the best days to get a haircut or wax.
If you want more detailed information day by daywith recommendations on the best daily care that you can offer your body, your home and your garden weekly in March, you also have these weekly lunar calendars available:
- Lunar calendar from March 25 to 31, 2024.