March 2016

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 Last qtr
11. 2 43%
12. 3 33%
13. 4 23%
14. 5 15%
15. 6 8%
16. 7 3%
17. 8 New
18. 9 1%
19. 10 4%
20. 11 10%
21. 12 18%
22. 13 28%
23. 14 39%
24. 15 First qtr
25. 16 60%
26. 17 70%
27. 18 79%
28. 19 87%
29. 20 93%
30. 21 97%
31. 22 99%
32. 23 Full
33. 24 99%
34. 25 96%
35. 26 91%
36. 27 85%
37. 28 78%
38. 29 69%
39. 30 60%
40. 31 Last qtr

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

Events in March 2016

1. Tue, Mar 16:11 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Wed, Mar 22:15 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Mar 73:46 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, Mar 79:29 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

5. Tue, Mar 84:22 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.

6. Tue, Mar 85:47 AM

   Jupiter at opposition

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

7. Tue, Mar 86:12 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Mar 88:55 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 88:57 PM

   Total solar eclipse

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

10. Thu, Mar 10

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,500 km.

11. Thu, Mar 108:43 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

12. Fri, Mar 111:05 AM

    Mercury and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

13. Tue, Mar 151:03 PM

    First Quarter

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

14. Sun, Mar 2012:30 AM

    March equinox

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

15. Sun, Mar 201:49 PM

    Venus and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

16. Mon, Mar 2110:26 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

17. Wed, Mar 237:47 AM

    Penumbral lunar eclipse

    The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly.

18. Wed, Mar 238:01 AM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

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

19. Wed, Mar 233:57 PM

    Mercury behind the Sun

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

20. Fri, Mar 25

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.

21. Mon, Mar 284:11 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

22. Tue, Mar 2911:17 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

23. Thu, Mar 3111:17 AM

    Last Quarter

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

24. Thu, Mar 314:50 PM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

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