March 2023

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 72%
12. 2 80%
13. 3 87%
14. 4 93%
15. 5 97%
16. 6 99%
17. 7 Full
18. 8 99%
19. 9 95%
20. 10 90%
21. 11 83%
22. 12 75%
23. 13 66%
24. 14 Last qtr
25. 15 44%
26. 16 33%
27. 17 22%
28. 18 13%
29. 19 6%
30. 20 2%
31. 21 New
32. 22 1%
33. 23 5%
34. 24 11%
35. 25 18%
36. 26 27%
37. 27 36%
38. 28 First qtr
39. 29 55%
40. 30 65%
41. 31 73%

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

Events in March 2023

1. Thu, Mar 212:34 AM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

2. Thu, Mar 29:33 AM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Mar 3

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.

4. Tue, Mar 77:41 AM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

5. Tue, Mar 1410:08 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Wed, Mar 157:45 PM

   Neptune behind the Sun

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

7. Thu, Mar 161:14 PM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

8. Fri, Mar 176:29 AM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

9. Sun, Mar 19

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,700 km.

10. Sun, Mar 191:28 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Mar 205:24 PM

    March equinox

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

12. Tue, Mar 214:20 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

13. Tue, Mar 211:23 PM

    New Moon

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

14. Tue, Mar 219:34 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

15. Wed, Mar 224:17 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

16. Fri, Mar 246:31 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

17. Fri, Mar 247:52 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

18. Fri, Mar 247:55 PM

    Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.

19. Tue, Mar 282:48 AM

    Mercury and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

20. Tue, Mar 289:19 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

21. Tue, Mar 2810:33 PM

    First Quarter

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

22. Thu, Mar 306:26 PM

    Venus and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

23. Fri, Mar 31

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.

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