March 1918

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 87%
14. 2 81%
15. 3 72%
16. 4 63%
17. 5 Last qtr
18. 6 43%
19. 7 33%
20. 8 23%
21. 9 14%
22. 10 7%
23. 11 2%
24. 12 New
25. 13 1%
26. 14 6%
27. 15 12%
28. 16 21%
29. 17 31%
30. 18 41%
31. 19 First qtr
32. 20 62%
33. 21 71%
34. 22 79%
35. 23 87%
36. 24 92%
37. 25 96%
38. 26 99%
39. 27 Full
40. 28 99%
41. 29 96%
42. 30 92%
43. 31 86%

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

Events in March 1918

1. Tue, Mar 57:43 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sun, Mar 103:18 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, Mar 109:30 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Mar 122:52 PM

   New Moon

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

5. Tue, Mar 12

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.

6. Tue, Mar 129:20 PM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

7. Wed, Mar 133:14 AM

   Venus at its brightest

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

8. Fri, Mar 151:36 AM

   Mars at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

9. Sun, Mar 173:24 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Mar 198:30 AM

    First Quarter

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

11. Thu, Mar 215:25 AM

    March equinox

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

12. Fri, Mar 226:25 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

13. Fri, Mar 2212:04 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

    All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.

14. Fri, Mar 221:13 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Mar 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.

16. Wed, Mar 2710:33 AM

    Full Moon Worm MoonMicromoon

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

17. Sun, Mar 3111:53 PM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

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