March 1916

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 8%
12. 2 3%
13. 3 New
14. 4 0%
15. 5 3%
16. 6 8%
17. 7 14%
18. 8 22%
19. 9 31%
20. 10 40%
21. 11 First qtr
22. 12 59%
23. 13 68%
24. 14 76%
25. 15 84%
26. 16 91%
27. 17 96%
28. 18 99%
29. 19 Full
30. 20 99%
31. 21 95%
32. 22 89%
33. 23 81%
34. 24 72%
35. 25 61%
36. 26 Last qtr
37. 27 38%
38. 28 28%
39. 29 18%
40. 30 10%
41. 31 5%

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

Events in March 1916

1. Wed, Mar 16:45 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

2. Wed, Mar 19:47 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Mar 22:26 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.

4. Thu, Mar 22:51 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Mar 310:57 PM

   New Moon

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

6. Sat, Mar 48:55 PM

   Mercury and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Mar 74:42 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Mar 111:33 PM

   First Quarter

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

9. Sun, Mar 12

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

10. Mon, Mar 133:26 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, Mar 148:48 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

12. Wed, Mar 155:32 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Mar 1912:26 PM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

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

14. Mon, Mar 205:46 PM

    March equinox

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

15. Sun, Mar 26

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.

16. Sun, Mar 2611:22 AM

    Last Quarter

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

17. Wed, Mar 2912:24 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

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