March 1978

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 57%
12. 2 Last qtr
13. 3 35%
14. 4 24%
15. 5 15%
16. 6 8%
17. 7 3%
18. 8 New
19. 9 0%
20. 10 3%
21. 11 8%
22. 12 14%
23. 13 22%
24. 14 31%
25. 15 40%
26. 16 First qtr
27. 17 59%
28. 18 68%
29. 19 77%
30. 20 84%
31. 21 91%
32. 22 96%
33. 23 99%
34. 24 Full
35. 25 99%
36. 26 95%
37. 27 89%
38. 28 81%
39. 29 72%
40. 30 61%
41. 31 Last qtr

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

Events in March 1978

1. Thu, Mar 23:34 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Thu, Mar 23:08 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, Mar 5

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,900 km.

4. Wed, Mar 89:36 PM

   New Moon

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

5. Thu, Mar 94:01 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Mar 96:48 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Mar 96:58 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 1.8° of each other in the sky.

8. Sat, Mar 118:33 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Mar 161:21 PM

   First Quarter

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

10. Fri, Mar 17

    Apogee

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

11. Mon, Mar 206:33 PM

    March equinox

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

12. Fri, Mar 2411:20 AM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

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

13. Fri, Mar 2411:22 AM

    Total lunar eclipse

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

14. Fri, Mar 2412:12 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

15. Mon, Mar 271:25 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Mar 298:37 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Mar 307:29 AM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

18. Thu, Mar 30

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.

19. Fri, Mar 3110:11 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.