March 1926

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 96%
10. 2 92%
11. 3 85%
12. 4 78%
13. 5 69%
14. 6 59%
15. 7 Last qtr
16. 8 37%
17. 9 26%
18. 10 17%
19. 11 9%
20. 12 3%
21. 13 New
22. 14 1%
23. 15 4%
24. 16 9%
25. 17 17%
26. 18 26%
27. 19 35%
28. 20 45%
29. 21 First qtr
30. 22 64%
31. 23 73%
32. 24 81%
33. 25 88%
34. 26 93%
35. 27 97%
36. 28 99%
37. 29 Full
38. 30 98%
39. 31 95%

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

Events in March 1926

1. Tue, Mar 28:52 PM

   Mercury and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Mar 56:27 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, Mar 76:49 AM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Tue, Mar 95:55 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Mar 103:15 PM

   Venus at its brightest

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

6. Thu, Mar 115:25 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.

7. Thu, Mar 119:55 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

8. Fri, Mar 12

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,200 km.

9. Sat, Mar 1310:20 PM

   New Moon

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

10. Sat, Mar 1311:39 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

11. Sun, Mar 142:18 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Mar 161:31 PM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

13. Thu, Mar 188:48 PM

    Venus and Jupiter close together

    They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

14. Sun, Mar 2112:12 AM

    First Quarter

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

15. Sun, Mar 214:00 AM

    March equinox

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

16. Wed, Mar 24

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.

17. Thu, Mar 2510:10 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

18. Mon, Mar 295:00 AM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

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

19. Wed, Mar 3112:56 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

    Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

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