March 2078

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 92%
11. 2 86%
12. 3 79%
13. 4 71%
14. 5 62%
15. 6 Last qtr
16. 7 43%
17. 8 33%
18. 9 23%
19. 10 15%
20. 11 8%
21. 12 3%
22. 13 New
23. 14 1%
24. 15 4%
25. 16 10%
26. 17 18%
27. 18 28%
28. 19 39%
29. 20 First qtr
30. 21 61%
31. 22 71%
32. 23 79%
33. 24 87%
34. 25 93%
35. 26 97%
36. 27 99%
37. 28 Full
38. 29 99%
39. 30 96%
40. 31 91%

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

Events in March 2078

1. Tue, Mar 19:56 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

2. Wed, Mar 25:30 AM

   Saturn, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

3. Wed, Mar 25:47 PM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

4. Wed, Mar 2

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.

5. Thu, Mar 312:03 AM

   Venus at greatest elongation

   47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

6. Thu, Mar 311:27 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

7. Sun, Mar 61:01 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, Mar 65:48 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Wed, Mar 99:11 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

10. Wed, Mar 93:28 PM

    Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered

    All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.

11. Wed, Mar 97:49 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

12. Thu, Mar 102:39 AM

    Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.

13. Sun, Mar 138:37 PM

    New Moon

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

14. Tue, Mar 15

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,200 km.

15. Fri, Mar 182:39 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

16. Sun, Mar 201:10 AM

    March equinox

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

17. Sun, Mar 2012:10 PM

    First Quarter

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

18. Mon, Mar 287:04 AM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

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

19. Wed, Mar 30

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.

20. Thu, Mar 318:56 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

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