March 2005

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 72%
11. 2 61%
12. 3 New
13. 4 39%
14. 5 28%
15. 6 18%
16. 7 10%
17. 8 4%
18. 9 1%
19. 10 New
20. 11 2%
21. 12 7%
22. 13 13%
23. 14 21%
24. 15 30%
25. 16 40%
26. 17 First qtr
27. 18 59%
28. 19 68%
29. 20 76%
30. 21 84%
31. 22 90%
32. 23 95%
33. 24 99%
34. 25 Full
35. 26 99%
36. 27 96%
37. 28 91%
38. 29 84%
39. 30 75%
40. 31 65%

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

Events in March 2005

1. Thu, Mar 312:37 PM

   New Moon

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

2. Fri, Mar 43:42 AM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

3. Sun, Mar 61:46 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, Mar 79:14 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

5. Mon, Mar 7

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,200 km.

6. Wed, Mar 97:42 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Mar 98:19 AM

   Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.

8. Wed, Mar 96:44 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Mar 104:10 AM

   New Moon

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

10. Fri, Mar 111:07 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Mar 121:17 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

12. Thu, Mar 172:19 PM

    First Quarter

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

13. Sat, Mar 19

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.

14. Sun, Mar 207:33 AM

    March equinox

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

15. Fri, Mar 253:59 PM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

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

16. Sat, Mar 269:59 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

17. Tue, Mar 2911:03 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

18. Tue, Mar 293:28 PM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

19. Wed, Mar 309:52 PM

    Venus behind the Sun

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

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