March 1947

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 65%
15. 2 76%
16. 3 85%
17. 4 92%
18. 5 97%
19. 6 Full
20. 7 99%
21. 8 97%
22. 9 92%
23. 10 86%
24. 11 78%
25. 12 69%
26. 13 60%
27. 14 Last qtr
28. 15 41%
29. 16 32%
30. 17 24%
31. 18 16%
32. 19 10%
33. 20 4%
34. 21 1%
35. 22 New
36. 23 1%
37. 24 5%
38. 25 11%
39. 26 19%
40. 27 28%
41. 28 39%
42. 29 First qtr
43. 30 62%
44. 31 73%

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

Events in March 1947

1. Mon, Mar 3

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,600 km.

2. Mon, Mar 310:36 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Mar 610:15 PM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

4. Sat, Mar 84:29 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

5. Sat, Mar 85:29 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

6. Wed, Mar 129:43 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Mar 141:28 PM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Sat, Mar 15

   Apogee

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

9. Mon, Mar 1712:59 PM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Mar 1811:28 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Mar 207:43 PM

    Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

12. Fri, Mar 212:27 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

13. Fri, Mar 216:12 AM

    March equinox

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

14. Sat, Mar 2211:34 AM

    New Moon

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

15. Fri, Mar 281:18 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Mar 29

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.

17. Sat, Mar 2911:15 AM

    First Quarter

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

18. Sun, Mar 306:45 PM

    Neptune at opposition

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

19. Mon, Mar 313:41 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

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