March 1988

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 97%
11. 2 99%
12. 3 Full
13. 4 99%
14. 5 96%
15. 6 92%
16. 7 85%
17. 8 78%
18. 9 68%
19. 10 58%
20. 11 Last qtr
21. 12 36%
22. 13 26%
23. 14 16%
24. 15 8%
25. 16 3%
26. 17 New
27. 18 1%
28. 19 4%
29. 20 9%
30. 21 17%
31. 22 26%
32. 23 35%
33. 24 First qtr
34. 25 55%
35. 26 65%
36. 27 73%
37. 28 81%
38. 29 88%
39. 30 93%
40. 31 97%

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

Events in March 1988

1. Tue, Mar 1

   Apogee

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

2. Thu, Mar 311:01 AM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

3. Thu, Mar 311:12 AM

   Partial lunar eclipse

   Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow.

4. Sat, Mar 55:20 PM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Mar 78:23 PM

   Mars and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

6. Tue, Mar 812:54 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

7. Fri, Mar 115:56 AM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Sat, Mar 1212:50 AM

   Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

   All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.

9. Sat, Mar 122:52 PM

   Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.

10. Sat, Mar 128:10 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

11. Wed, Mar 1612:17 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

12. Wed, Mar 16

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,500 km.

13. Thu, Mar 178:57 PM

    Total solar eclipse

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

14. Thu, Mar 179:02 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 204:39 AM

    March equinox

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

16. Sun, Mar 206:22 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

17. Mon, Mar 216:18 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

18. Thu, Mar 2411:42 PM

    First Quarter

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

19. Mon, Mar 28

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.

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