Moon calendar
March 1998
- 1 13%
- 2 22%
- 3 32%
- 4 43%
- 5 First qtr
- 6 64%
- 7 74%
- 8 82%
- 9 89%
- 10 94%
- 11 98%
- 12 Full
- 13 100%
- 14 98%
- 15 94%
- 16 89%
- 17 83%
- 18 75%
- 19 66%
- 20 56%
- 21 Last qtr
- 22 36%
- 23 26%
- 24 16%
- 25 9%
- 26 3%
- 27 New
- 28 1%
- 29 4%
- 30 10%
- 31 18%
- Moon phase
- Perigee or apogee
- Eclipse
- Planets
- Equinox or solstice
Events in March 1998
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4:45 AM
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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3:41 AM
First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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2:38 AM
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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9:48 PM
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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11:20 PM
Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.
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11:34 PM
Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
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12:06 AM
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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10:54 PM
Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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2:54 PM
March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
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2:38 AM
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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10:58 AM
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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2:59 AM
Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
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3:58 AM
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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1:58 PM
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
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6:03 AM
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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2:37 AM
Mars, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
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1:45 PM
Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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10:14 PM
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
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4:03 PM
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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7:45 PM
Mars, Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
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8:31 PM
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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9:38 AM
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.