March 2001

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 36%
13. 2 First qtr
14. 3 57%
15. 4 68%
16. 5 78%
17. 6 87%
18. 7 94%
19. 8 98%
20. 9 Full
21. 10 98%
22. 11 94%
23. 12 88%
24. 13 80%
25. 14 71%
26. 15 61%
27. 16 Last qtr
28. 17 42%
29. 18 33%
30. 19 24%
31. 20 17%
32. 21 10%
33. 22 5%
34. 23 2%
35. 24 New
36. 25 1%
37. 26 3%
38. 27 7%
39. 28 14%
40. 29 22%
41. 30 31%
42. 31 42%

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

Events in March 2001

1. Thu, Mar 11:57 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Mar 24:32 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Mar 29:03 PM

   First Quarter

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

4. Thu, Mar 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,800 km.

5. Fri, Mar 912:23 PM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

6. Sat, Mar 104:46 AM

   Mercury and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Mar 111:12 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

8. Thu, Mar 154:00 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

9. Fri, Mar 163:45 PM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Tue, Mar 204:03 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

11. Tue, Mar 20

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.

12. Tue, Mar 208:30 AM

    March equinox

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

13. Wed, Mar 2110:23 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Mar 223:08 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

15. Sat, Mar 248:21 PM

    New Moon

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

16. Wed, Mar 2811:29 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Mar 295:05 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

18. Thu, Mar 2911:09 PM

    Venus at inferior conjunction

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

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