March 1997

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 57%
15. 2 Last qtr
16. 3 36%
17. 4 26%
18. 5 16%
19. 6 8%
20. 7 3%
21. 8 New
22. 9 1%
23. 10 4%
24. 11 10%
25. 12 18%
26. 13 27%
27. 14 37%
28. 15 First qtr
29. 16 57%
30. 17 67%
31. 18 75%
32. 19 83%
33. 20 89%
34. 21 94%
35. 22 98%
36. 23 Full
37. 24 100%
38. 25 98%
39. 26 94%
40. 27 88%
41. 28 81%
42. 29 72%
43. 30 62%
44. 31 Last qtr

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

Events in March 1997

1. Sun, Mar 24:38 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sun, Mar 29:31 AM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

3. Wed, Mar 51:26 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Mar 54:20 PM

   Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered

   All within 7.8° of each other in the sky.

5. Thu, Mar 62:04 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Mar 64:13 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.

7. Thu, Mar 67:04 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Mar 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.

9. Sat, Mar 89:36 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

10. Sat, Mar 812:51 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 3.6° of each other in the sky.

11. Sat, Mar 83:56 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

12. Sat, Mar 88:15 PM

    New Moon

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

13. Sat, Mar 88:23 PM

    Total solar eclipse

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

14. Mon, Mar 102:55 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Mar 1110:19 AM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

16. Sat, Mar 157:06 PM

    First Quarter

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

17. Mon, Mar 172:47 AM

    Mars at opposition

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

18. Thu, Mar 208:54 AM

    March equinox

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

19. Thu, Mar 2011:15 AM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

20. Thu, Mar 20

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.

21. Sun, Mar 235:19 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

22. Sun, Mar 2311:39 PM

    Partial lunar eclipse

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

23. Sun, Mar 2311:45 PM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

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

24. Sun, Mar 305:22 PM

    Saturn behind the Sun

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

25. Mon, Mar 317:48 AM

    Venus and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

26. Mon, Mar 312:38 PM

    Last Quarter

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

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