March 1929

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 67%
14. 2 57%
15. 3 Last qtr
16. 4 39%
17. 5 30%
18. 6 21%
19. 7 14%
20. 8 8%
21. 9 3%
22. 10 1%
23. 11 New
24. 12 2%
25. 13 7%
26. 14 13%
27. 15 22%
28. 16 32%
29. 17 43%
30. 18 First qtr
31. 19 66%
32. 20 76%
33. 21 85%
34. 22 92%
35. 23 97%
36. 24 99%
37. 25 Full
38. 26 98%
39. 27 94%
40. 28 89%
41. 29 82%
42. 30 74%
43. 31 65%

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

Events in March 1929

1. Sun, Mar 36:09 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sun, Mar 3

   Apogee

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

3. Mon, Mar 44:51 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, Mar 46:57 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

5. Fri, Mar 810:21 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Mar 113:37 AM

   New Moon

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

7. Tue, Mar 128:11 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Mar 145:30 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Mar 173:20 AM

   Venus at its brightest

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

10. Sun, Mar 17

    Perigee

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

11. Mon, Mar 182:41 AM

    First Quarter

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

12. Mon, Mar 1812:30 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Mar 209:34 PM

    March equinox

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

14. Fri, Mar 2212:39 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

15. Mon, Mar 252:46 AM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

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

16. Thu, Mar 287:37 AM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

17. Sun, Mar 31

    Apogee

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

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