March 1955

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 First qtr
11. 2 63%
12. 3 74%
13. 4 83%
14. 5 90%
15. 6 96%
16. 7 99%
17. 8 Full
18. 9 99%
19. 10 95%
20. 11 91%
21. 12 84%
22. 13 77%
23. 14 68%
24. 15 59%
25. 16 Last qtr
26. 17 40%
27. 18 31%
28. 19 22%
29. 20 14%
30. 21 8%
31. 22 3%
32. 23 New
33. 24 1%
34. 25 4%
35. 26 9%
36. 27 17%
37. 28 27%
38. 29 37%
39. 30 First qtr
40. 31 60%

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

Events in March 1955

1. Tue, Mar 17:41 AM

   First Quarter

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

2. Fri, Mar 44:32 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Mar 45:37 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.

4. Fri, Mar 411:10 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

5. Tue, Mar 810:41 AM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

6. Thu, Mar 107:31 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

7. Mon, Mar 14

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.

8. Wed, Mar 1611:36 AM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Sun, Mar 206:41 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

10. Mon, Mar 214:35 AM

    March equinox

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

11. Wed, Mar 2310:43 PM

    New Moon

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

12. Sat, Mar 26

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,200 km.

13. Sun, Mar 274:20 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

14. Wed, Mar 303:10 PM

    First Quarter

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

15. Thu, Mar 3110:06 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

16. Thu, Mar 312:12 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.

17. Thu, Mar 314:00 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

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