March 2018

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 Full
13. 2 99%
14. 3 96%
15. 4 91%
16. 5 84%
17. 6 76%
18. 7 67%
19. 8 57%
20. 9 Last qtr
21. 10 39%
22. 11 30%
23. 12 22%
24. 13 14%
25. 14 8%
26. 15 4%
27. 16 1%
28. 17 New
29. 18 2%
30. 19 5%
31. 20 11%
32. 21 19%
33. 22 28%
34. 23 39%
35. 24 First qtr
36. 25 62%
37. 26 72%
38. 27 82%
39. 28 90%
40. 29 96%
41. 30 99%
42. 31 Full

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

Events in March 2018

1. Thu, Mar 17:51 PM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

2. Sun, Mar 49:01 AM

   Neptune behind the Sun

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

3. Sun, Mar 41:05 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Mar 73:54 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Mar 96:20 AM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Fri, Mar 97:53 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

7. Sat, Mar 109:04 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, Mar 11

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,700 km.

9. Thu, Mar 1511:06 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

10. Fri, Mar 169:47 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Mar 179:12 AM

    New Moon

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

12. Sun, Mar 185:58 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Mar 186:59 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.

14. Mon, Mar 193:29 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Mar 2012:01 AM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

16. Tue, Mar 2012:15 PM

    March equinox

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

17. Sat, Mar 2411:35 AM

    First Quarter

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

18. Mon, Mar 26

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.

19. Wed, Mar 288:47 PM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

20. Sat, Mar 318:37 AM

    Full Moon Worm MoonBlue Moon

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

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