March 2053

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 88%
15. 2 95%
16. 3 99%
17. 4 Full
18. 5 99%
19. 6 95%
20. 7 90%
21. 8 83%
22. 9 75%
23. 10 67%
24. 11 57%
25. 12 Last qtr
26. 13 39%
27. 14 30%
28. 15 21%
29. 16 14%
30. 17 8%
31. 18 3%
32. 19 0%
33. 20 New
34. 21 2%
35. 22 7%
36. 23 14%
37. 24 23%
38. 25 33%
39. 26 44%
40. 27 First qtr
41. 28 67%
42. 29 77%
43. 30 85%
44. 31 92%

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

Events in March 2053

1. Tue, Mar 412:10 PM

   Full Moon Worm Moon

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

2. Tue, Mar 412:20 PM

   Penumbral lunar eclipse

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

3. Wed, Mar 510:06 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

4. Sat, Mar 88:57 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Mar 126:21 AM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Wed, Mar 12

   Apogee

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

7. Sun, Mar 166:28 AM

   Venus behind the Sun

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

8. Mon, Mar 179:05 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

9. Tue, Mar 189:56 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.

10. Tue, Mar 1810:31 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

11. Wed, Mar 1911:46 PM

    March equinox

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

12. Thu, Mar 203:06 AM

    Annular solar eclipse

    The Moon passes in front of the Sun but is too far away to cover it, leaving a ring of light.

13. Thu, Mar 203:11 AM

    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 205:05 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

15. Sat, Mar 223:34 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

16. Sun, Mar 232:18 AM

    Uranus at opposition

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

17. Mon, Mar 2411:29 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

18. Tue, Mar 25

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.

19. Wed, Mar 262:04 AM

    Mercury and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

20. Thu, Mar 2712:50 AM

    First Quarter

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

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