March 2011

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 9%
11. 2 4%
12. 3 1%
13. 4 New
14. 5 1%
15. 6 3%
16. 7 7%
17. 8 13%
18. 9 20%
19. 10 28%
20. 11 37%
21. 12 First qtr
22. 13 57%
23. 14 68%
24. 15 77%
25. 16 86%
26. 17 93%
27. 18 98%
28. 19 Full
29. 20 99%
30. 21 94%
31. 22 88%
32. 23 79%
33. 24 69%
34. 25 59%
35. 26 Last qtr
36. 27 38%
37. 28 29%
38. 29 21%
39. 30 14%
40. 31 8%

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

Events in March 2011

1. Thu, Mar 39:37 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

2. Thu, Mar 31:52 PM

   Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 8.0° of each other in the sky.

3. Fri, Mar 43:46 PM

   New Moon

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

4. Sat, Mar 54:45 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered

   All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.

5. Sun, Mar 6

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.

6. Wed, Mar 911:05 AM

   Mercury and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

7. Sat, Mar 126:45 PM

   First Quarter

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

8. Tue, Mar 159:26 PM

   Mercury and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

9. Sat, Mar 192:10 PM

   Full Moon Worm MoonSupermoon

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

10. Sat, Mar 19

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.

11. Sun, Mar 207:20 PM

    March equinox

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

12. Mon, Mar 218:25 AM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

13. Tue, Mar 229:09 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

14. Sat, Mar 268:08 AM

    Last Quarter

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

15. Sat, Mar 269:45 PM

    Venus and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Mar 306:22 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

17. Wed, Mar 3011:57 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

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