March 2104

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 26%
15. 2 37%
16. 3 First qtr
17. 4 58%
18. 5 68%
19. 6 77%
20. 7 85%
21. 8 91%
22. 9 96%
23. 10 99%
24. 11 Full
25. 12 99%
26. 13 97%
27. 14 93%
28. 15 87%
29. 16 80%
30. 17 72%
31. 18 63%
32. 19 Last qtr
33. 20 42%
34. 21 32%
35. 22 22%
36. 23 13%
37. 24 6%
38. 25 2%
39. 26 New
40. 27 2%
41. 28 6%
42. 29 13%
43. 30 22%
44. 31 31%

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

Events in March 2104

1. Mon, Mar 35:13 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Fri, Mar 72:56 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

3. Tue, Mar 113:58 PM

   Full Moon Worm MoonMicromoon

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

4. Wed, Mar 12

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.

5. Sat, Mar 151:06 AM

   Neptune at opposition

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

6. Tue, Mar 1812:53 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Mar 196:26 PM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Thu, Mar 208:13 AM

   March equinox

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

9. Sun, Mar 231:17 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

10. Mon, Mar 242:39 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

11. Wed, Mar 265:43 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

12. Wed, Mar 26

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.

13. Wed, Mar 2612:24 PM

    New Moon

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

14. Fri, Mar 2811:38 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Mar 3010:08 AM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

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