March 2013

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 83%
14. 2 74%
15. 3 64%
16. 4 Last qtr
17. 5 41%
18. 6 30%
19. 7 20%
20. 8 12%
21. 9 6%
22. 10 2%
23. 11 New
24. 12 1%
25. 13 4%
26. 14 9%
27. 15 15%
28. 16 23%
29. 17 31%
30. 18 40%
31. 19 First qtr
32. 20 59%
33. 21 68%
34. 22 77%
35. 23 85%
36. 24 91%
37. 25 96%
38. 26 99%
39. 27 Full
40. 28 98%
41. 29 93%
42. 30 87%
43. 31 78%

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

Events in March 2013

1. Sat, Mar 28:15 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

2. Mon, Mar 47:51 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

3. Mon, Mar 44:53 PM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Tue, Mar 5

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.

5. Wed, Mar 611:54 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Mar 1012:23 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.

7. Sun, Mar 104:33 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

8. Mon, Mar 113:51 PM

   New Moon

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

9. Tue, Mar 127:35 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Mar 126:35 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.

11. Tue, Mar 129:06 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Mar 179:48 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Mar 18

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.

14. Tue, Mar 191:27 PM

    First Quarter

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

15. Wed, Mar 207:01 AM

    March equinox

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

16. Fri, Mar 222:15 PM

    Mars and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

17. Wed, Mar 275:27 AM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

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

18. Thu, Mar 2812:28 PM

    Venus behind the Sun

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

19. Thu, Mar 287:00 PM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

20. Thu, Mar 288:11 PM

    Mars, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.

21. Thu, Mar 288:38 PM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

22. Fri, Mar 292:12 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

23. Sat, Mar 30

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.

24. Sun, Mar 315:51 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

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