March 1996

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 87%
14. 2 93%
15. 3 97%
16. 4 99%
17. 5 Full
18. 6 98%
19. 7 94%
20. 8 89%
21. 9 81%
22. 10 72%
23. 11 61%
24. 12 Last qtr
25. 13 39%
26. 14 28%
27. 15 18%
28. 16 10%
29. 17 4%
30. 18 1%
31. 19 New
32. 20 2%
33. 21 6%
34. 22 12%
35. 23 20%
36. 24 28%
37. 25 37%
38. 26 First qtr
39. 27 56%
40. 28 65%
41. 29 74%
42. 30 82%
43. 31 89%

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

Events in March 1996

1. Mon, Mar 49:36 AM

   Mars behind the Sun

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

2. Tue, Mar 54:23 AM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

3. Tue, Mar 1212:15 PM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Thu, Mar 1410:37 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Mar 154:21 AM

   Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

   All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

6. Sat, Mar 16

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,300 km.

7. Sun, Mar 172:05 PM

   Saturn behind the Sun

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

8. Mon, Mar 181:19 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Mar 1912:02 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Mar 191:20 AM

    Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.

11. Tue, Mar 193:16 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Mar 193:49 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.

13. Tue, Mar 195:45 AM

    New Moon

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

14. Wed, Mar 203:03 AM

    March equinox

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

15. Thu, Mar 218:46 PM

    Mars and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Mar 2312:09 AM

    Mars, Mercury, and Saturn gathered

    All within 1.4° of each other in the sky.

17. Sat, Mar 234:23 AM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

18. Sat, Mar 2310:16 PM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

19. Tue, Mar 268:31 PM

    First Quarter

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

20. Wed, Mar 27

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.

21. Thu, Mar 282:21 AM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

22. Sun, Mar 317:47 PM

    Venus at greatest elongation

    46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

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