March 1991

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 99%
14. 2 95%
15. 3 90%
16. 4 83%
17. 5 75%
18. 6 66%
19. 7 57%
20. 8 Last qtr
21. 9 38%
22. 10 29%
23. 11 21%
24. 12 14%
25. 13 8%
26. 14 3%
27. 15 1%
28. 16 New
29. 17 2%
30. 18 7%
31. 19 14%
32. 20 23%
33. 21 33%
34. 22 44%
35. 23 First qtr
36. 24 66%
37. 25 77%
38. 26 85%
39. 27 92%
40. 28 97%
41. 29 99%
42. 30 Full
43. 31 98%

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

Events in March 1991

1. Fri, Mar 19:19 PM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

2. Fri, Mar 85:32 AM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Fri, Mar 8

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

4. Sun, Mar 109:55 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, Mar 104:18 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Mar 104:35 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

   All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.

7. Tue, Mar 122:29 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Mar 163:11 AM

   New Moon

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

9. Sun, Mar 175:53 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

10. Wed, Mar 2010:02 PM

    March equinox

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

11. Thu, Mar 21

    Perigee

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

12. Fri, Mar 2211:27 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

13. Sat, Mar 231:03 AM

    First Quarter

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

14. Mon, Mar 256:53 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

15. Wed, Mar 279:45 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

16. Sat, Mar 302:18 AM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

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

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