March 2173

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 96%
10. 2 92%
11. 3 85%
12. 4 77%
13. 5 67%
14. 6 56%
15. 7 Last qtr
16. 8 33%
17. 9 23%
18. 10 14%
19. 11 7%
20. 12 2%
21. 13 New
22. 14 1%
23. 15 4%
24. 16 9%
25. 17 16%
26. 18 24%
27. 19 33%
28. 20 43%
29. 21 First qtr
30. 22 62%
31. 23 71%
32. 24 79%
33. 25 86%
34. 26 92%
35. 27 97%
36. 28 99%
37. 29 Full
38. 30 98%
39. 31 94%

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

Events in March 2173

1. Sun, Mar 712:28 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Mon, Mar 811:56 AM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

3. Thu, Mar 11

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,800 km.

4. Thu, Mar 116:07 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Mar 116:18 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.

6. Fri, Mar 122:38 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

7. Fri, Mar 125:53 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Mar 135:00 PM

   New Moon

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

9. Sun, Mar 146:28 AM

   Venus and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Mar 149:09 AM

    Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered

    All within 1.1° of each other in the sky.

11. Sun, Mar 149:20 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Mar 149:35 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

13. Mon, Mar 154:31 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Mar 185:52 AM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

15. Sat, Mar 201:42 AM

    March equinox

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

16. Sun, Mar 216:36 AM

    First Quarter

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

17. Mon, Mar 22

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.

18. Wed, Mar 2412:51 AM

    Saturn behind the Sun

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

19. Mon, Mar 296:51 AM

    Full Moon Worm Moon

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

20. Mon, Mar 296:56 AM

    Partial lunar eclipse

    Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow.

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