March 2002

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 92%
14. 2 84%
15. 3 75%
16. 4 64%
17. 5 Last qtr
18. 6 43%
19. 7 33%
20. 8 24%
21. 9 17%
22. 10 10%
23. 11 5%
24. 12 2%
25. 13 New
26. 14 1%
27. 15 3%
28. 16 6%
29. 17 12%
30. 18 18%
31. 19 27%
32. 20 36%
33. 21 First qtr
34. 22 57%
35. 23 67%
36. 24 77%
37. 25 86%
38. 26 93%
39. 27 98%
40. 28 Full
41. 29 99%
42. 30 94%
43. 31 88%

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

Events in March 2002

1. Tue, Mar 58:25 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sat, Mar 94:49 AM

   Mercury and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, Mar 105:39 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, Mar 112:28 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Mar 113:38 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.

6. Mon, Mar 1110:26 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Mar 13

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.

8. Wed, Mar 139:03 PM

   New Moon

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

9. Fri, Mar 155:02 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Mar 1710:12 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

11. Wed, Mar 204:40 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

12. Wed, Mar 202:16 PM

    March equinox

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

13. Thu, Mar 219:28 PM

    First Quarter

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

14. Fri, Mar 226:37 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

15. Thu, Mar 28

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.

16. Thu, Mar 281:25 PM

    Full Moon Worm MoonSupermoon

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

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