March 1952

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 32%
15. 2 42%
16. 3 First qtr
17. 4 61%
18. 5 70%
19. 6 78%
20. 7 85%
21. 8 91%
22. 9 96%
23. 10 99%
24. 11 Full
25. 12 99%
26. 13 96%
27. 14 91%
28. 15 84%
29. 16 76%
30. 17 66%
31. 18 Last qtr
32. 19 43%
33. 20 32%
34. 21 22%
35. 22 13%
36. 23 6%
37. 24 2%
38. 25 New
39. 26 1%
40. 27 5%
41. 28 10%
42. 29 17%
43. 30 25%
44. 31 34%

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

Events in March 1952

1. Mon, Mar 38:44 AM

   First Quarter

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

2. Wed, Mar 52:48 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Mar 6

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.

4. Tue, Mar 111:14 PM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

5. Tue, Mar 185:38 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

6. Tue, Mar 189:40 PM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Thu, Mar 2011:13 AM

   March equinox

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

8. Sat, Mar 22

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,500 km.

9. Sun, Mar 237:48 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Mar 253:13 PM

    New Moon

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

11. Wed, Mar 265:21 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

12. Wed, Mar 267:48 PM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.

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