March 1986

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 70%
15. 2 59%
16. 3 Last qtr
17. 4 37%
18. 5 26%
19. 6 17%
20. 7 10%
21. 8 4%
22. 9 1%
23. 10 New
24. 11 1%
25. 12 4%
26. 13 9%
27. 14 16%
28. 15 23%
29. 16 32%
30. 17 41%
31. 18 First qtr
32. 19 60%
33. 20 69%
34. 21 78%
35. 22 86%
36. 23 93%
37. 24 97%
38. 25 Full
39. 26 100%
40. 27 97%
41. 28 91%
42. 29 83%
43. 30 73%
44. 31 63%

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

Events in March 1986

1. Sat, Mar 1

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.

2. Mon, Mar 33:23 AM

   Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.

3. Mon, Mar 37:17 AM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Mon, Mar 32:45 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Mar 37:24 PM

   Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.

6. Mon, Mar 311:29 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Mar 95:02 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, Mar 93:35 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

9. Mon, Mar 109:52 AM

   New Moon

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

10. Tue, Mar 116:09 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.

11. Tue, Mar 1110:59 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Mar 135:21 AM

    Mars and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Mar 16

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.

14. Sun, Mar 162:27 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

15. Tue, Mar 1811:39 AM

    First Quarter

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

16. Thu, Mar 205:02 PM

    March equinox

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

17. Tue, Mar 2510:02 PM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

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

18. Fri, Mar 28

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,900 km.

19. Mon, Mar 315:32 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

20. Mon, Mar 319:46 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

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