March 2000

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 19%
12. 2 12%
13. 3 6%
14. 4 2%
15. 5 0%
16. 6 New
17. 7 3%
18. 8 7%
19. 9 14%
20. 10 22%
21. 11 32%
22. 12 43%
23. 13 First qtr
24. 14 66%
25. 15 76%
26. 16 85%
27. 17 92%
28. 18 97%
29. 19 Full
30. 20 100%
31. 21 97%
32. 22 93%
33. 23 87%
34. 24 80%
35. 25 71%
36. 26 62%
37. 27 Last qtr
38. 28 44%
39. 29 34%
40. 30 26%
41. 31 17%

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

Events in March 2000

1. Wed, Mar 110:04 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

2. Thu, Mar 27:00 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Mar 37:35 PM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Mar 38:01 PM

   Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 0.7° of each other in the sky.

5. Fri, Mar 38:09 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, Mar 38:12 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Mar 612:17 AM

   New Moon

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

8. Wed, Mar 812:25 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Mar 92:41 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

10. Fri, Mar 105:58 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Mar 131:59 AM

    First Quarter

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

12. Tue, Mar 14

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.

13. Wed, Mar 151:22 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

14. Sun, Mar 1911:45 PM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

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

15. Mon, Mar 202:35 AM

    March equinox

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

16. Mon, Mar 27

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.

17. Mon, Mar 277:21 PM

    Last Quarter

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

18. Tue, Mar 284:17 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

19. Thu, Mar 304:51 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

20. Fri, Mar 317:19 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

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