March 1902

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 57%
15. 2 Last qtr
16. 3 38%
17. 4 29%
18. 5 21%
19. 6 13%
20. 7 7%
21. 8 3%
22. 9 New
23. 10 1%
24. 11 3%
25. 12 9%
26. 13 16%
27. 14 26%
28. 15 36%
29. 16 First qtr
30. 17 59%
31. 18 70%
32. 19 79%
33. 20 87%
34. 21 94%
35. 22 98%
36. 23 Full
37. 24 100%
38. 25 98%
39. 26 94%
40. 27 88%
41. 28 81%
42. 29 73%
43. 30 65%
44. 31 55%

• Moon phase
• Perigee or apogee
• Eclipse
• Planets
• Equinox or solstice

Events in March 1902

1. Sat, Mar 1

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.

2. Sun, Mar 25:40 AM

   Last Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.

3. Mon, Mar 32:05 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Mar 58:24 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Mar 710:46 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.

6. Fri, Mar 72:51 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Mar 79:54 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, Mar 99:50 PM

   New Moon

   The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.

9. Mon, Mar 105:42 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Mar 13

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,600 km.

11. Sun, Mar 165:13 PM

    First Quarter

    Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.

12. Sun, Mar 1610:48 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Mar 179:10 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

14. Tue, Mar 182:19 AM

    Venus at its brightest

    Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.

15. Fri, Mar 218:16 AM

    March equinox

    Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.

16. Sun, Mar 2310:21 PM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

    The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

17. Sat, Mar 29

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.

18. Sat, Mar 298:23 PM

    Mars behind the Sun

    On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

19. Sun, Mar 3010:35 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.