March 2020

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 39%
9. 2 First qtr
10. 3 59%
11. 4 69%
12. 5 79%
13. 6 87%
14. 7 94%
15. 8 98%
16. 9 Full
17. 10 98%
18. 11 94%
19. 12 87%
20. 13 79%
21. 14 69%
22. 15 58%
23. 16 Last qtr
24. 17 37%
25. 18 28%
26. 19 19%
27. 20 12%
28. 21 7%
29. 22 3%
30. 23 1%
31. 24 New
32. 25 2%
33. 26 5%
34. 27 10%
35. 28 16%
36. 29 24%
37. 30 32%
38. 31 42%

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

Events in March 2020

1. Mon, Mar 22:58 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Sun, Mar 88:31 AM

   Neptune behind the Sun

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

3. Sun, Mar 83:39 PM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

4. Mon, Mar 91:48 PM

   Full Moon Worm MoonSupermoon

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

5. Tue, Mar 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.

6. Mon, Mar 165:34 AM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Wed, Mar 184:32 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

8. Wed, Mar 186:32 AM

   Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered

   All within 1.5° of each other in the sky.

9. Wed, Mar 186:47 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

10. Wed, Mar 188:36 PM

    Jupiter, Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 8.0° of each other in the sky.

11. Wed, Mar 188:48 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Mar 1911:49 PM

    March equinox

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

13. Fri, Mar 207:36 AM

    Mars and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, Mar 214:39 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Mar 2210:39 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

16. Mon, Mar 2310:13 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

17. Tue, Mar 245:28 AM

    New Moon

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

18. Tue, Mar 24

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.

19. Tue, Mar 246:13 PM

    Venus at greatest elongation

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

20. Thu, Mar 267:29 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

21. Tue, Mar 3112:02 PM

    Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn gathered

    All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

22. Tue, Mar 312:29 PM

    Mars and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

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