March 1961

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 99%
12. 2 Full
13. 3 99%
14. 4 96%
15. 5 90%
16. 6 84%
17. 7 75%
18. 8 65%
19. 9 Last qtr
20. 10 44%
21. 11 32%
22. 12 22%
23. 13 13%
24. 14 6%
25. 15 2%
26. 16 New
27. 17 1%
28. 18 5%
29. 19 11%
30. 20 18%
31. 21 27%
32. 22 37%
33. 23 First qtr
34. 24 56%
35. 25 65%
36. 26 74%
37. 27 82%
38. 28 88%
39. 29 94%
40. 30 98%
41. 31 100%

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

Events in March 1961

1. Thu, Mar 28:28 AM

   Partial lunar eclipse

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

2. Thu, Mar 28:35 AM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

3. Tue, Mar 72:00 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Mar 77:30 PM

   Venus at its brightest

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

5. Thu, Mar 99:57 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Sun, Mar 121:58 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Mar 124:27 PM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.

8. Sun, Mar 125:46 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Mar 14

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,500 km.

10. Tue, Mar 142:52 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Mar 161:51 PM

    New Moon

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

12. Mon, Mar 203:12 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

13. Mon, Mar 203:32 PM

    March equinox

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

14. Thu, Mar 239:48 PM

    First Quarter

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

15. Sun, Mar 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.

16. Tue, Mar 2812:37 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

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