March 1942

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 98%
9. 2 New
10. 3 99%
11. 4 97%
12. 5 91%
13. 6 84%
14. 7 75%
15. 8 64%
16. 9 Last qtr
17. 10 42%
18. 11 31%
19. 12 21%
20. 13 12%
21. 14 6%
22. 15 2%
23. 16 New
24. 17 1%
25. 18 3%
26. 19 7%
27. 20 13%
28. 21 21%
29. 22 29%
30. 23 38%
31. 24 First qtr
32. 25 56%
33. 26 66%
34. 27 75%
35. 28 83%
36. 29 90%
37. 30 96%
38. 31 99%

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

Events in March 1942

1. Sun, Mar 110:35 AM

   Mars and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

2. Mon, Mar 28:20 PM

   New Moon

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

3. Mon, Mar 28:21 PM

   Total lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red.

4. Wed, Mar 42:30 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Mar 56:13 PM

   Venus at its brightest

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

6. Sat, Mar 78:11 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

7. Sun, Mar 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.

8. Mon, Mar 96:01 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Fri, Mar 1312:21 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

10. Sat, Mar 144:11 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Mar 167:36 PM

    Partial solar eclipse

    The Moon covers part of the Sun.

12. Mon, Mar 167:50 PM

    New Moon

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

13. Thu, Mar 191:57 PM

    Neptune at opposition

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

14. Sat, Mar 212:10 AM

    March equinox

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

15. Sat, Mar 211:00 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Mar 216:15 PM

    Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

    All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.

17. Sat, Mar 216:30 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

18. Sun, Mar 228:15 PM

    Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered

    All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.

19. Mon, Mar 235:38 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

20. Mon, Mar 23

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.

21. Tue, Mar 248:01 PM

    First Quarter

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

22. Tue, Mar 3110:28 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

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