March 2026

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 96%
9. 2 99%
10. 3 Full
11. 4 98%
12. 5 95%
13. 6 89%
14. 7 82%
15. 8 75%
16. 9 66%
17. 10 57%
18. 11 Last qtr
19. 12 38%
20. 13 29%
21. 14 21%
22. 15 13%
23. 16 7%
24. 17 2%
25. 18 New
26. 19 1%
27. 20 3%
28. 21 9%
29. 22 17%
30. 23 26%
31. 24 37%
32. 25 First qtr
33. 26 60%
34. 27 70%
35. 28 80%
36. 29 88%
37. 30 94%
38. 31 98%

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

Events in March 2026

1. Tue, Mar 36:33 AM

   Total lunar eclipse

   The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red.

2. Tue, Mar 36:38 AM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

3. Sat, Mar 75:55 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

   Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

4. Sat, Mar 76:30 AM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

5. Sat, Mar 77:26 AM

   Neptune, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 1.5° of each other in the sky.

6. Sun, Mar 89:36 AM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Mar 10

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.

8. Wed, Mar 115:39 AM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Sun, Mar 154:08 AM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Mar 179:30 AM

    Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 4.0° of each other in the sky.

11. Tue, Mar 1711:25 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

12. Tue, Mar 174:47 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Mar 189:24 PM

    New Moon

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

14. Thu, Mar 193:00 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

15. Thu, Mar 196:13 AM

    Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

    All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.

16. Thu, Mar 196:51 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

17. Fri, Mar 205:23 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

18. Fri, Mar 2010:45 AM

    March equinox

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

19. Sun, Mar 227:24 AM

    Neptune behind the Sun

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

20. Sun, Mar 22

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,800 km.

21. Wed, Mar 254:54 AM

    Saturn behind the Sun

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

22. Wed, Mar 253:18 PM

    First Quarter

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

23. Thu, Mar 268:57 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

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