March 1969

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 94%
15. 2 98%
16. 3 100%
17. 4 Full
18. 5 98%
19. 6 93%
20. 7 87%
21. 8 78%
22. 9 68%
23. 10 57%
24. 11 Last qtr
25. 12 34%
26. 13 24%
27. 14 15%
28. 15 8%
29. 16 3%
30. 17 New
31. 18 0%
32. 19 3%
33. 20 7%
34. 21 13%
35. 22 20%
36. 23 29%
37. 24 38%
38. 25 First qtr
39. 26 57%
40. 27 66%
41. 28 75%
42. 29 83%
43. 30 90%
44. 31 95%

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

Events in March 1969

1. Tue, Mar 412:17 AM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

2. Wed, Mar 511:25 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

3. Wed, Mar 512:01 PM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.

4. Wed, Mar 512:18 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Mar 512:37 PM

   Venus at its brightest

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

6. Sun, Mar 96:14 PM

   Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.

7. Tue, Mar 112:44 AM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Tue, Mar 113:29 PM

   Jupiter and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Mar 12

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.

10. Sun, Mar 1610:43 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Mar 1711:51 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 1711:54 PM

    Annular solar eclipse

    The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light.

13. Thu, Mar 201:49 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Mar 205:15 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

15. Thu, Mar 202:08 PM

    March equinox

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

16. Fri, Mar 215:42 PM

    Jupiter at opposition

    Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

17. Sat, Mar 221:33 PM

    Uranus at opposition

    Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

18. Tue, Mar 25

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

19. Tue, Mar 257:48 PM

    First Quarter

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

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