March 2040

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 92%
13. 2 86%
14. 3 77%
15. 4 68%
16. 5 57%
17. 6 Last qtr
18. 7 34%
19. 8 24%
20. 9 15%
21. 10 8%
22. 11 3%
23. 12 New
24. 13 1%
25. 14 3%
26. 15 8%
27. 16 14%
28. 17 22%
29. 18 31%
30. 19 40%
31. 20 First qtr
32. 21 59%
33. 22 68%
34. 23 76%
35. 24 84%
36. 25 91%
37. 26 96%
38. 27 99%
39. 28 Full
40. 29 99%
41. 30 95%
42. 31 89%

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

Events in March 2040

1. Thu, Mar 16:30 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

2. Mon, Mar 51:33 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

3. Tue, Mar 62:19 AM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Fri, Mar 9

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,200 km.

5. Sat, Mar 1011:54 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.

6. Sun, Mar 118:06 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Mar 129:46 PM

   New Moon

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

8. Thu, Mar 156:47 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

9. Fri, Mar 165:47 PM

   Jupiter at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

10. Mon, Mar 193:16 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

11. Mon, Mar 198:11 PM

    March equinox

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

12. Tue, Mar 201:59 PM

    First Quarter

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

13. Wed, Mar 21

    Apogee

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

14. Wed, Mar 2111:50 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

15. Thu, Mar 2211:57 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

16. Tue, Mar 2711:40 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

17. Wed, Mar 2811:12 AM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

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

18. Wed, Mar 2811:25 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

19. Wed, Mar 282:02 PM

    Saturn at opposition

    Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

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