March 1960

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 17%
11. 2 25%
12. 3 34%
13. 4 43%
14. 5 First qtr
15. 6 62%
16. 7 71%
17. 8 79%
18. 9 86%
19. 10 93%
20. 11 97%
21. 12 100%
22. 13 Full
23. 14 98%
24. 15 93%
25. 16 87%
26. 17 78%
27. 18 68%
28. 19 57%
29. 20 Last qtr
30. 21 34%
31. 22 24%
32. 23 15%
33. 24 8%
34. 25 3%
35. 26 0%
36. 27 New
37. 28 2%
38. 29 6%
39. 30 12%
40. 31 19%

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

Events in March 1960

1. Sat, Mar 56:06 AM

   First Quarter

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

2. Sat, Mar 5

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.

3. Thu, Mar 1010:44 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

4. Thu, Mar 104:10 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

5. Sun, Mar 133:26 AM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

6. Sun, Mar 133:27 AM

   Total lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red.

7. Wed, Mar 1611:39 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Mar 19

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.

9. Sun, Mar 201:41 AM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Sun, Mar 205:54 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

11. Sun, Mar 209:42 AM

    March equinox

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

12. Mon, Mar 217:34 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Mar 238:39 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Mar 255:20 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

15. Fri, Mar 255:47 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.

16. Fri, Mar 256:28 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

17. Fri, Mar 257:13 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

18. Sun, Mar 272:24 AM

    Partial solar eclipse

    The Moon covers part of the Sun.

19. Sun, Mar 272:37 AM

    New Moon

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

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