March 1953

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 99%
9. 2 97%
10. 3 92%
11. 4 87%
12. 5 79%
13. 6 71%
14. 7 61%
15. 8 Last qtr
16. 9 40%
17. 10 29%
18. 11 20%
19. 12 11%
20. 13 5%
21. 14 1%
22. 15 New
23. 16 3%
24. 17 8%
25. 18 15%
26. 19 24%
27. 20 34%
28. 21 44%
29. 22 First qtr
30. 23 64%
31. 24 73%
32. 25 81%
33. 26 87%
34. 27 93%
35. 28 97%
36. 29 99%
37. 30 Full
38. 31 99%

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

Events in March 1953

1. Mon, Mar 22:47 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

2. Wed, Mar 411:32 AM

   Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

   All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.

3. Sun, Mar 81:27 PM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Tue, Mar 102:49 AM

   Venus at its brightest

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

5. Sat, Mar 14

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.

6. Sun, Mar 156:05 AM

   New Moon

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

7. Sun, Mar 152:44 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Mar 174:02 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Mar 177:54 PM

   Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.

10. Wed, Mar 188:29 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

11. Fri, Mar 205:00 PM

    March equinox

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

12. Sun, Mar 223:11 AM

    First Quarter

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

13. Mon, Mar 234:20 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Mar 27

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.

15. Mon, Mar 307:55 AM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

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

16. Tue, Mar 312:08 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

    All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.

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