March 1974

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 First qtr
14. 2 60%
15. 3 71%
16. 4 81%
17. 5 89%
18. 6 96%
19. 7 99%
20. 8 Full
21. 9 98%
22. 10 93%
23. 11 87%
24. 12 79%
25. 13 70%
26. 14 61%
27. 15 Last qtr
28. 16 42%
29. 17 33%
30. 18 24%
31. 19 17%
32. 20 10%
33. 21 5%
34. 22 2%
35. 23 New
36. 24 1%
37. 25 4%
38. 26 9%
39. 27 16%
40. 28 24%
41. 29 34%
42. 30 First qtr
43. 31 57%

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

Events in March 1974

1. Fri, Mar 12:03 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Sat, Mar 27:14 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, Mar 311:36 PM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Mar 6

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,900 km.

5. Fri, Mar 86:03 AM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

6. Mon, Mar 111:34 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Mar 149:00 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

8. Fri, Mar 153:15 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Sun, Mar 17

   Apogee

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

10. Tue, Mar 195:54 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

11. Wed, Mar 208:06 PM

    March equinox

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

12. Thu, Mar 217:35 AM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.

13. Thu, Mar 211:22 PM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, Mar 234:29 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

15. Sat, Mar 235:24 PM

    New Moon

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

16. Fri, Mar 296:21 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

17. Sat, Mar 302:18 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

18. Sat, Mar 309:44 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.