March 2024

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
13. 1 69%
14. 2 60%
15. 3 Last qtr
16. 4 39%
17. 5 29%
18. 6 19%
19. 7 11%
20. 8 4%
21. 9 1%
22. 10 New
23. 11 3%
24. 12 8%
25. 13 15%
26. 14 24%
27. 15 34%
28. 16 45%
29. 17 First qtr
30. 18 65%
31. 19 74%
32. 20 82%
33. 21 89%
34. 22 94%
35. 23 98%
36. 24 100%
37. 25 Full
38. 26 98%
39. 27 95%
40. 28 90%
41. 29 83%
42. 30 75%
43. 31 66%

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

Events in March 2024

1. Sun, Mar 310:24 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Fri, Mar 81:51 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

3. Fri, Mar 83:19 AM

   Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.

4. Fri, Mar 810:07 AM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

5. Fri, Mar 81:56 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

6. Sat, Mar 91:23 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Mar 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.

8. Sun, Mar 105:00 AM

   New Moon

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

9. Sun, Mar 103:46 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Mar 103:56 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.

11. Sun, Mar 1011:15 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

12. Wed, Mar 137:12 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Mar 143:56 AM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

14. Thu, Mar 146:00 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Mar 1712:11 AM

    First Quarter

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

16. Sun, Mar 177:28 AM

    Neptune behind the Sun

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

17. Tue, Mar 1911:06 PM

    March equinox

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

18. Thu, Mar 217:07 PM

    Venus and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

19. Sat, Mar 23

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.

20. Sun, Mar 246:32 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

21. Mon, Mar 253:01 AM

    Full Moon Worm MoonMicromoon

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

22. Mon, Mar 253:12 AM

    Penumbral lunar eclipse

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

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