March 2106

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 17%
10. 2 10%
11. 3 5%
12. 4 2%
13. 5 New
14. 6 1%
15. 7 4%
16. 8 10%
17. 9 17%
18. 10 27%
19. 11 37%
20. 12 First qtr
21. 13 60%
22. 14 70%
23. 15 80%
24. 16 88%
25. 17 95%
26. 18 98%
27. 19 Full
28. 20 99%
29. 21 96%
30. 22 91%
31. 23 85%
32. 24 77%
33. 25 69%
34. 26 60%
35. 27 Last qtr
36. 28 41%
37. 29 32%
38. 30 23%
39. 31 15%

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

Events in March 2106

1. Wed, Mar 34:58 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Mar 52:16 PM

   New Moon

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

3. Sun, Mar 75:19 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

4. Sun, Mar 71:33 PM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.

5. Sun, Mar 74:41 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.

6. Tue, Mar 98:44 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Mar 123:11 PM

   First Quarter

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

8. Sat, Mar 13

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.

9. Sat, Mar 1312:27 PM

   Venus and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Mar 161:57 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

11. Fri, Mar 192:34 PM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

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

12. Fri, Mar 1910:04 PM

    Neptune at opposition

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

13. Sat, Mar 208:04 PM

    March equinox

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

14. Fri, Mar 26

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.

15. Sat, Mar 2712:04 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

16. Sat, Mar 2712:38 PM

    Last Quarter

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

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