March 1980

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 Full
15. 2 99%
16. 3 97%
17. 4 93%
18. 5 87%
19. 6 80%
20. 7 72%
21. 8 63%
22. 9 Last qtr
23. 10 43%
24. 11 32%
25. 12 22%
26. 13 14%
27. 14 6%
28. 15 2%
29. 16 New
30. 17 1%
31. 18 6%
32. 19 13%
33. 20 21%
34. 21 31%
35. 22 42%
36. 23 First qtr
37. 24 62%
38. 25 71%
39. 26 80%
40. 27 87%
41. 28 93%
42. 29 97%
43. 30 99%
44. 31 Full

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

Events in March 1980

1. Sat, Mar 112:33 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

2. Sat, Mar 11:14 AM

   Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered

   All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.

3. Sat, Mar 12:04 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

4. Sat, Mar 13:45 PM

   Penumbral lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.

5. Sat, Mar 14:00 PM

   Full Moon Worm MoonMicromoon

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

6. Sun, Mar 26:30 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Mar 3

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.

8. Thu, Mar 612:32 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

9. Fri, Mar 78:58 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Mar 96:49 PM

    Last Quarter

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

11. Mon, Mar 1012:28 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Mar 138:47 PM

    Saturn at opposition

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

13. Sat, Mar 159:19 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

14. Sun, Mar 161:56 PM

    New Moon

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

15. Sun, Mar 16

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.

16. Thu, Mar 206:09 AM

    March equinox

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

17. Sun, Mar 237:31 AM

    First Quarter

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

18. Thu, Mar 273:15 PM

    Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered

    All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.

19. Thu, Mar 273:39 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

20. Fri, Mar 281:56 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

21. Sat, Mar 298:22 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

22. Sun, Mar 30

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.

23. Mon, Mar 3110:14 AM

    Full Moon Worm MoonBlue MoonMicromoon

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

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