March 2009

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 23%
9. 2 32%
10. 3 43%
11. 4 First qtr
12. 5 66%
13. 6 76%
14. 7 85%
15. 8 92%
16. 9 97%
17. 10 Full
18. 11 99%
19. 12 97%
20. 13 92%
21. 14 86%
22. 15 78%
23. 16 69%
24. 17 60%
25. 18 Last qtr
26. 19 41%
27. 20 32%
28. 21 24%
29. 22 16%
30. 23 10%
31. 24 4%
32. 25 1%
33. 26 New
34. 27 1%
35. 28 5%
36. 29 11%
37. 30 19%
38. 31 29%

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

Events in March 2009

1. Sun, Mar 110:06 PM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

2. Wed, Mar 42:46 AM

   First Quarter

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

3. Thu, Mar 54:22 AM

   Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered

   All within 2.5° of each other in the sky.

4. Thu, Mar 54:44 AM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

5. Sat, Mar 7

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,000 km.

6. Sun, Mar 88:59 AM

   Mars and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Mar 83:39 PM

   Saturn at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

8. Tue, Mar 1010:38 PM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

9. Thu, Mar 129:29 PM

   Uranus behind the Sun

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

10. Wed, Mar 181:48 PM

    Last Quarter

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

11. Thu, Mar 19

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

12. Fri, Mar 207:43 AM

    March equinox

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

13. Sun, Mar 221:02 AM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

14. Sun, Mar 224:32 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

15. Mon, Mar 237:37 AM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.

16. Mon, Mar 238:10 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

17. Tue, Mar 247:02 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

18. Wed, Mar 2512:53 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

19. Wed, Mar 255:48 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.

20. Thu, Mar 2612:06 PM

    New Moon

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

21. Thu, Mar 263:15 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

22. Fri, Mar 273:20 PM

    Venus at inferior conjunction

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

23. Mon, Mar 3011:16 PM

    Mercury 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.