March 1959

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 Last qtr
9. 2 44%
10. 3 33%
11. 4 23%
12. 5 15%
13. 6 8%
14. 7 3%
15. 8 1%
16. 9 New
17. 10 2%
18. 11 5%
19. 12 10%
20. 13 16%
21. 14 24%
22. 15 32%
23. 16 41%
24. 17 First qtr
25. 18 61%
26. 19 70%
27. 20 79%
28. 21 87%
29. 22 94%
30. 23 98%
31. 24 Full
32. 25 99%
33. 26 95%
34. 27 88%
35. 28 80%
36. 29 69%
37. 30 59%
38. 31 Last qtr

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

Events in March 1959

1. Sun, Mar 16:07 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

2. Sun, Mar 19:54 PM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Tue, Mar 34:46 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, Mar 95:51 AM

   New Moon

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

5. Tue, Mar 108:20 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

6. Wed, Mar 116:43 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Mar 128:03 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

8. Sat, Mar 14

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.

9. Tue, Mar 1710:10 AM

   First Quarter

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

10. Sat, Mar 213:54 AM

    March equinox

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

11. Tue, Mar 243:03 PM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

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

12. Tue, Mar 243:11 PM

    Partial lunar eclipse

    Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow.

13. Thu, Mar 26

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,600 km.

14. Thu, Mar 268:08 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

15. Sat, Mar 281:32 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

16. Sun, Mar 295:11 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

17. Tue, Mar 3112:37 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

18. Tue, Mar 316:07 AM

    Last Quarter

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

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