March 1982

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 36%
10. 2 First qtr
11. 3 59%
12. 4 70%
13. 5 80%
14. 6 88%
15. 7 94%
16. 8 98%
17. 9 Full
18. 10 99%
19. 11 96%
20. 12 91%
21. 13 85%
22. 14 77%
23. 15 69%
24. 16 60%
25. 17 Last qtr
26. 18 41%
27. 19 32%
28. 20 23%
29. 21 15%
30. 22 9%
31. 23 4%
32. 24 1%
33. 25 New
34. 26 2%
35. 27 7%
36. 28 14%
37. 29 23%
38. 30 33%
39. 31 44%

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

Events in March 1982

1. Tue, Mar 25:15 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Wed, Mar 3

   Perigee

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

3. Tue, Mar 93:45 PM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

4. Thu, Mar 116:26 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Mar 117:43 PM

   Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 4.1° of each other in the sky.

6. Fri, Mar 122:04 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

7. Sat, Mar 132:14 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

8. Mon, Mar 153:18 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Mar 17

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.

10. Wed, Mar 1712:15 PM

    Last Quarter

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

11. Wed, Mar 1712:41 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

12. Sat, Mar 205:55 PM

    March equinox

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

13. Sun, Mar 2111:33 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Mar 239:25 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

15. Thu, Mar 255:18 AM

    New Moon

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

16. Mon, Mar 29

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,700 km.

17. Wed, Mar 315:05 AM

    Mars at opposition

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

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