March 1940

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 44%
14. 2 34%
15. 3 25%
16. 4 17%
17. 5 10%
18. 6 5%
19. 7 2%
20. 8 New
21. 9 0%
22. 10 2%
23. 11 6%
24. 12 11%
25. 13 18%
26. 14 26%
27. 15 35%
28. 16 First qtr
29. 17 56%
30. 18 67%
31. 19 77%
32. 20 86%
33. 21 93%
34. 22 98%
35. 23 Full
36. 24 99%
37. 25 95%
38. 26 88%
39. 27 80%
40. 28 70%
41. 29 60%
42. 30 Last qtr
43. 31 40%

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

Events in March 1940

1. Thu, Mar 75:21 AM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Mar 89:23 PM

   New Moon

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

3. Sat, Mar 9

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.

4. Sat, Mar 97:24 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Mar 112:04 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

6. Tue, Mar 126:29 AM

   Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

7. Tue, Mar 127:57 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Mar 127:43 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Mar 138:00 PM

   Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.

10. Wed, Mar 138:35 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

11. Wed, Mar 1311:20 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Mar 143:53 PM

    Neptune at opposition

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

13. Fri, Mar 158:51 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

14. Sat, Mar 161:40 AM

    Mars and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

15. Sat, Mar 1610:25 PM

    First Quarter

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

16. Wed, Mar 201:23 PM

    March equinox

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

17. Sat, Mar 2312:11 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

18. Sat, Mar 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.

19. Sat, Mar 232:33 PM

    Full Moon Worm MoonSupermoon

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

20. Sat, Mar 232:47 PM

    Penumbral lunar eclipse

    The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.

21. Mon, Mar 255:04 PM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

22. Mon, Mar 255:33 PM

    Mars, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.

23. Sat, Mar 3011:20 AM

    Last Quarter

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

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