March 1989

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 41%
12. 2 31%
13. 3 22%
14. 4 13%
15. 5 6%
16. 6 2%
17. 7 New
18. 8 1%
19. 9 6%
20. 10 13%
21. 11 22%
22. 12 32%
23. 13 42%
24. 14 First qtr
25. 15 63%
26. 16 73%
27. 17 81%
28. 18 88%
29. 19 94%
30. 20 97%
31. 21 100%
32. 22 Full
33. 23 98%
34. 24 95%
35. 25 90%
36. 26 84%
37. 27 76%
38. 28 67%
39. 29 58%
40. 30 Last qtr
41. 31 37%

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

Events in March 1989

1. Thu, Mar 212:31 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

2. Thu, Mar 211:17 PM

   Moon, Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

   All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.

3. Fri, Mar 31:18 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Mar 31:49 AM

   Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

   All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.

5. Fri, Mar 35:15 AM

   Saturn and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, Mar 37:45 PM

   Neptune, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

   All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.

7. Sun, Mar 510:50 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Mar 71:02 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Mar 71:07 PM

   Partial solar eclipse

   The Moon covers part of the Sun.

10. Tue, Mar 71:19 PM

    New Moon

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

11. Wed, Mar 8

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.

12. Sat, Mar 115:33 AM

    Mars and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Mar 1211:35 AM

    Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered

    All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.

14. Sun, Mar 1212:41 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Mar 145:11 AM

    First Quarter

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

16. Mon, Mar 2010:28 AM

    March equinox

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

17. Wed, Mar 224:58 AM

    Full Moon Worm MoonMicromoon

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

18. Wed, Mar 22

    Apogee

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

19. Wed, Mar 299:15 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

20. Thu, Mar 305:22 AM

    Last Quarter

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

21. Thu, Mar 308:12 AM

    Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

    All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.

22. Thu, Mar 3010:40 AM

    Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

    All within 5.0° of each other in the sky.

23. Thu, Mar 3012:16 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

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