March 2022

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 2%
11. 2 New
12. 3 1%
13. 4 5%
14. 5 10%
15. 6 17%
16. 7 25%
17. 8 34%
18. 9 43%
19. 10 First qtr
20. 11 62%
21. 12 71%
22. 13 79%
23. 14 86%
24. 15 92%
25. 16 97%
26. 17 99%
27. 18 Full
28. 19 98%
29. 20 93%
30. 21 87%
31. 22 78%
32. 23 68%
33. 24 57%
34. 25 Last qtr
35. 26 34%
36. 27 24%
37. 28 15%
38. 29 8%
39. 30 3%
40. 31 1%

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

Events in March 2022

1. Wed, Mar 211:33 AM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

2. Wed, Mar 212:35 PM

   New Moon

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

3. Wed, Mar 24:24 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

4. Thu, Mar 36:38 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

5. Sat, Mar 59:09 AM

   Jupiter behind the Sun

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

6. Sun, Mar 61:55 AM

   Venus and Mars close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Mar 71:38 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Mar 105:46 AM

   First Quarter

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

9. Thu, Mar 10

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

10. Sun, Mar 137:50 AM

    Neptune behind the Sun

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

11. Fri, Mar 183:18 AM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

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

12. Sun, Mar 205:32 AM

    Venus at greatest elongation

    47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

13. Sun, Mar 2011:33 AM

    March equinox

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

14. Mon, Mar 212:05 AM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

15. Wed, Mar 2311:53 AM

    Jupiter, Mercury, and Neptune gathered

    All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.

16. Wed, Mar 231:47 PM

    Mercury and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

17. Wed, Mar 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.

18. Fri, Mar 251:37 AM

    Last Quarter

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

19. Mon, Mar 2812:37 AM

    Mars, Saturn, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.

20. Mon, Mar 281:08 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

21. Mon, Mar 289:51 AM

    Mars, Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

22. Mon, Mar 2810:11 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

23. Mon, Mar 283:26 PM

    Venus and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

24. Wed, Mar 301:24 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

25. Wed, Mar 303:23 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.

26. Wed, Mar 305:55 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

27. Thu, Mar 3110:35 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

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