March 1917

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 60%
13. 2 69%
14. 3 78%
15. 4 85%
16. 5 91%
17. 6 96%
18. 7 99%
19. 8 Full
20. 9 99%
21. 10 97%
22. 11 92%
23. 12 86%
24. 13 78%
25. 14 69%
26. 15 59%
27. 16 Last qtr
28. 17 37%
29. 18 26%
30. 19 17%
31. 20 9%
32. 21 3%
33. 22 New
34. 23 1%
35. 24 3%
36. 25 9%
37. 26 16%
38. 27 24%
39. 28 33%
40. 29 43%
41. 30 First qtr
42. 31 62%

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

Events in March 1917

1. Fri, Mar 23:14 PM

   Mercury and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Mar 23:23 PM

   Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.

3. Sun, Mar 44:31 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Mar 49:39 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Mar 5

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.

6. Thu, Mar 84:58 PM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

7. Fri, Mar 167:33 AM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Mon, Mar 194:15 AM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Mar 206:22 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Mar 2011:37 PM

    March equinox

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

11. Wed, Mar 21

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,600 km.

12. Thu, Mar 2210:43 AM

    Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.

13. Thu, Mar 2211:05 PM

    New Moon

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

14. Sat, Mar 2410:30 AM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

15. Sat, Mar 2411:19 AM

    Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered

    All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.

16. Thu, Mar 2912:02 PM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

17. Fri, Mar 305:36 AM

    First Quarter

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

18. Sat, Mar 3110:49 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

19. Sat, Mar 314:36 PM

    Venus and Mars close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

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