March 1954

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 15%
10. 2 8%
11. 3 3%
12. 4 New
13. 5 1%
14. 6 4%
15. 7 10%
16. 8 18%
17. 9 28%
18. 10 39%
19. 11 First qtr
20. 12 60%
21. 13 70%
22. 14 79%
23. 15 87%
24. 16 93%
25. 17 97%
26. 18 99%
27. 19 Full
28. 20 99%
29. 21 96%
30. 22 91%
31. 23 85%
32. 24 78%
33. 25 69%
34. 26 60%
35. 27 Last qtr
36. 28 40%
37. 29 29%
38. 30 20%
39. 31 11%

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

Events in March 1954

1. Mon, Mar 14:44 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

2. Thu, Mar 410:47 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Mar 410:11 PM

   New Moon

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

4. Sat, Mar 6

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,600 km.

5. Thu, Mar 117:50 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Mar 1112:52 PM

   First Quarter

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

7. Sat, Mar 134:41 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

8. Fri, Mar 197:43 AM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

9. Sat, Mar 2010:53 PM

   March equinox

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

10. Sun, Mar 21

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.

11. Fri, Mar 269:17 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

12. Sat, Mar 2711:14 AM

    Last Quarter

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

13. Sun, Mar 2810:33 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

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