March 2051

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 86%
12. 2 79%
13. 3 70%
14. 4 61%
15. 5 Last qtr
16. 6 41%
17. 7 31%
18. 8 21%
19. 9 13%
20. 10 6%
21. 11 2%
22. 12 New
23. 13 1%
24. 14 6%
25. 15 13%
26. 16 22%
27. 17 32%
28. 18 42%
29. 19 First qtr
30. 20 63%
31. 21 73%
32. 22 81%
33. 23 88%
34. 24 93%
35. 25 97%
36. 26 99%
37. 27 Full
38. 28 99%
39. 29 95%
40. 30 91%
41. 31 84%

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

Events in March 2051

1. Sun, Mar 52:47 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Fri, Mar 1012:53 AM

   Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

   All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.

3. Sun, Mar 1212:52 PM

   New Moon

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

4. Mon, Mar 13

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.

5. Mon, Mar 133:49 AM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Mar 137:31 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

7. Mon, Mar 137:40 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

8. Mon, Mar 1311:15 PM

   Uranus at opposition

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

9. Thu, Mar 165:16 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Mar 167:00 PM

    Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered

    All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.

11. Thu, Mar 168:07 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Mar 195:34 AM

    First Quarter

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

13. Sun, Mar 199:11 AM

    Mars and Neptune close together

    They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

14. Mon, Mar 2011:58 AM

    March equinox

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

15. Sun, Mar 261:15 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

16. Mon, Mar 275:00 AM

    Full Moon Worm MoonMicromoon

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

17. Mon, Mar 27

    Apogee

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

18. Thu, Mar 305:57 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

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