March 2010

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 98%
10. 2 94%
11. 3 87%
12. 4 79%
13. 5 70%
14. 6 60%
15. 7 Last qtr
16. 8 40%
17. 9 31%
18. 10 22%
19. 11 15%
20. 12 9%
21. 13 4%
22. 14 1%
23. 15 New
24. 16 1%
25. 17 3%
26. 18 8%
27. 19 14%
28. 20 22%
29. 21 31%
30. 22 41%
31. 23 First qtr
32. 24 64%
33. 25 74%
34. 26 84%
35. 27 92%
36. 28 97%
37. 29 Full
38. 30 99%
39. 31 96%

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

Events in March 2010

1. Wed, Mar 311:06 PM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

2. Sun, Mar 710:42 AM

   Last Quarter

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

3. Sun, Mar 78:45 PM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Mar 12

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.

5. Sat, Mar 137:58 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Mar 149:03 AM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

7. Mon, Mar 155:01 PM

   New Moon

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

8. Mon, Mar 155:39 PM

   Mercury and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

9. Mon, Mar 157:36 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.

10. Wed, Mar 172:50 AM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

11. Sat, Mar 201:31 PM

    March equinox

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

12. Sun, Mar 218:21 PM

    Saturn at opposition

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

13. Tue, Mar 237:00 AM

    First Quarter

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

14. Thu, Mar 258:14 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Mar 28

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,900 km.

16. Mon, Mar 2910:26 PM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

    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.