March 2015

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 86%
9. 2 92%
10. 3 96%
11. 4 99%
12. 5 Full
13. 6 99%
14. 7 97%
15. 8 93%
16. 9 87%
17. 10 80%
18. 11 71%
19. 12 61%
20. 13 Last qtr
21. 14 40%
22. 15 30%
23. 16 20%
24. 17 11%
25. 18 5%
26. 19 1%
27. 20 New
28. 21 2%
29. 22 7%
30. 23 15%
31. 24 24%
32. 25 33%
33. 26 43%
34. 27 First qtr
35. 28 63%
36. 29 72%
37. 30 80%
38. 31 87%

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

Events in March 2015

1. Wed, Mar 41:46 PM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

2. Wed, Mar 41:49 PM

   Mars, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.

3. Thu, Mar 5

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.

4. Thu, Mar 51:06 PM

   Full Moon Worm MoonMicromoon

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

5. Wed, Mar 1112:05 PM

   Mars and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Mar 124:48 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Mar 131:48 PM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Wed, Mar 184:53 AM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Mar 187:45 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

10. Wed, Mar 189:28 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.

11. Wed, Mar 1810:13 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.

12. Thu, Mar 19

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.

13. Fri, Mar 205:36 AM

    New Moon

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

14. Fri, Mar 205:45 AM

    Total solar eclipse

    The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth.

15. Fri, Mar 206:45 PM

    March equinox

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

16. Sat, Mar 217:13 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.

17. Sat, Mar 217:14 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

18. Sat, Mar 216:51 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

19. Sun, Mar 225:32 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

20. Fri, Mar 273:43 AM

    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.