March 1936

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 64%
9. 2 74%
10. 3 82%
11. 4 89%
12. 5 94%
13. 6 98%
14. 7 100%
15. 8 Full
16. 9 98%
17. 10 94%
18. 11 89%
19. 12 83%
20. 13 75%
21. 14 66%
22. 15 57%
23. 16 Last qtr
24. 17 36%
25. 18 26%
26. 19 17%
27. 20 9%
28. 21 3%
29. 22 New
30. 23 1%
31. 24 4%
32. 25 10%
33. 26 18%
34. 27 27%
35. 28 38%
36. 29 First qtr
37. 30 59%
38. 31 68%

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

Events in March 1936

1. Tue, Mar 38:30 AM

   Saturn behind the Sun

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

2. Thu, Mar 510:21 PM

   Neptune at opposition

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

3. Sun, Mar 812:14 AM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

4. Mon, Mar 9

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.

5. Sun, Mar 1511:30 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Mar 163:35 AM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Fri, Mar 201:57 PM

   March equinox

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

8. Sat, Mar 215:16 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.

9. Sun, Mar 223:38 PM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Mar 2211:14 PM

    New Moon

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

11. Mon, Mar 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.

12. Wed, Mar 2512:34 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Mar 294:22 PM

    First Quarter

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

14. Mon, Mar 3011:52 AM

    Venus and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

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