March 1944

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 First qtr
12. 2 58%
13. 3 68%
14. 4 77%
15. 5 84%
16. 6 90%
17. 7 95%
18. 8 98%
19. 9 Full
20. 10 100%
21. 11 97%
22. 12 93%
23. 13 88%
24. 14 81%
25. 15 72%
26. 16 62%
27. 17 Last qtr
28. 18 41%
29. 19 30%
30. 20 20%
31. 21 12%
32. 22 5%
33. 23 1%
34. 24 New
35. 25 2%
36. 26 7%
37. 27 14%
38. 28 22%
39. 29 32%
40. 30 42%
41. 31 First qtr

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

Events in March 1944

1. Wed, Mar 15:11 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

2. Wed, Mar 14:40 PM

   First Quarter

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

3. Thu, Mar 26:11 AM

   Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.

4. Thu, Mar 28:57 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Mar 68:03 PM

   Mars and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

6. Tue, Mar 77:01 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Mar 8

   Apogee

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

8. Thu, Mar 98:28 PM

   Full Moon Worm MoonMicromoon

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

9. Sat, Mar 1112:20 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, Mar 174:05 PM

    Last Quarter

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

11. Fri, Mar 175:08 PM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

12. Mon, Mar 201:48 PM

    March equinox

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

13. Wed, Mar 2212:59 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Mar 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,900 km.

15. Thu, Mar 2311:13 AM

    Neptune at opposition

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

16. Fri, Mar 247:36 AM

    New Moon

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

17. Fri, Mar 247:56 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

18. Tue, Mar 283:05 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

19. Wed, Mar 297:03 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

20. Thu, Mar 302:14 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

21. Fri, Mar 318:34 AM

    First Quarter

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

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