March 2012

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 56%
13. 2 66%
14. 3 75%
15. 4 83%
16. 5 91%
17. 6 96%
18. 7 99%
19. 8 Full
20. 9 97%
21. 10 92%
22. 11 85%
23. 12 76%
24. 13 66%
25. 14 Last qtr
26. 15 43%
27. 16 33%
28. 17 23%
29. 18 15%
30. 19 9%
31. 20 4%
32. 21 1%
33. 22 New
34. 23 1%
35. 24 4%
36. 25 8%
37. 26 14%
38. 27 22%
39. 28 30%
40. 29 39%
41. 30 First qtr
42. 31 59%

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

Events in March 2012

1. Sat, Mar 33:03 PM

   Mars at opposition

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

2. Mon, Mar 54:30 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

3. Mon, Mar 56:32 AM

   Mercury and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

4. Thu, Mar 84:40 AM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

5. Sat, Mar 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,400 km.

6. Wed, Mar 141:53 AM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Mar 149:25 PM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Sun, Mar 181:23 PM

   Mercury and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Mar 201:14 AM

   March equinox

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

10. Wed, Mar 213:13 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

11. Thu, Mar 227:50 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Mar 2210:37 AM

    New Moon

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

13. Thu, Mar 2212:56 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.

14. Sat, Mar 242:20 PM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

15. Sun, Mar 256:02 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

16. Mon, Mar 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.

17. Mon, Mar 263:26 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

18. Tue, Mar 273:43 AM

    Venus at greatest elongation

    46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

19. Fri, Mar 303:41 PM

    First Quarter

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

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