March 1993

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 First qtr
10. 2 61%
11. 3 71%
12. 4 81%
13. 5 89%
14. 6 95%
15. 7 99%
16. 8 Full
17. 9 97%
18. 10 92%
19. 11 85%
20. 12 75%
21. 13 65%
22. 14 Last qtr
23. 15 45%
24. 16 35%
25. 17 26%
26. 18 18%
27. 19 11%
28. 20 6%
29. 21 2%
30. 22 1%
31. 23 New
32. 24 2%
33. 25 5%
34. 26 10%
35. 27 17%
36. 28 25%
37. 29 35%
38. 30 First qtr
39. 31 56%

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

Events in March 1993

1. Mon, Mar 110:47 AM

   First Quarter

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

2. Mon, Mar 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,500 km.

3. Mon, Mar 84:46 AM

   Full Moon Worm MoonSupermoon

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

4. Mon, Mar 810:54 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

5. Sun, Mar 1411:17 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Wed, Mar 171:39 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Mar 172:37 AM

   Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

   All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.

8. Wed, Mar 173:05 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

9. Sat, Mar 209:40 AM

   March equinox

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

10. Sun, Mar 215:08 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

11. Sun, Mar 21

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.

12. Tue, Mar 232:15 AM

    New Moon

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

13. Wed, Mar 246:11 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Mar 306:48 AM

    Jupiter at opposition

    Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

15. Tue, Mar 3011:10 PM

    First Quarter

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

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