March 1987

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 4%
9. 2 9%
10. 3 16%
11. 4 24%
12. 5 33%
13. 6 43%
14. 7 First qtr
15. 8 62%
16. 9 70%
17. 10 79%
18. 11 86%
19. 12 92%
20. 13 96%
21. 14 99%
22. 15 Full
23. 16 99%
24. 17 95%
25. 18 89%
26. 19 81%
27. 20 72%
28. 21 61%
29. 22 Last qtr
30. 23 38%
31. 24 28%
32. 25 18%
33. 26 10%
34. 27 4%
35. 28 1%
36. 29 New
37. 30 2%
38. 31 5%

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

Events in March 1987

1. Sun, Mar 17:06 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

2. Wed, Mar 44:17 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

3. Sat, Mar 76:58 AM

   First Quarter

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

4. Mon, Mar 9

   Apogee

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

5. Sun, Mar 158:13 AM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

6. Fri, Mar 2010:52 PM

   March equinox

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

7. Sat, Mar 217:28 PM

   Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

   All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.

8. Sun, Mar 223:11 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Mar 2211:22 AM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Tue, Mar 24

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,000 km.

11. Thu, Mar 269:34 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Mar 263:51 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

13. Thu, Mar 268:02 PM

    Jupiter behind the Sun

    On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

14. Fri, Mar 274:00 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Mar 294:25 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

16. Sun, Mar 297:46 AM

    New Moon

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

17. Sun, Mar 297:48 AM

    Total solar eclipse

    The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth.

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