March 2178

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 91%
9. 2 97%
10. 3 Full
11. 4 99%
12. 5 97%
13. 6 91%
14. 7 84%
15. 8 75%
16. 9 66%
17. 10 56%
18. 11 Last qtr
19. 12 37%
20. 13 28%
21. 14 20%
22. 15 13%
23. 16 7%
24. 17 3%
25. 18 1%
26. 19 New
27. 20 2%
28. 21 5%
29. 22 10%
30. 23 17%
31. 24 26%
32. 25 36%
33. 26 First qtr
34. 27 58%
35. 28 69%
36. 29 79%
37. 30 88%
38. 31 95%

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

Events in March 2178

1. Mon, Mar 2

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.

2. Tue, Mar 311:58 PM

   Full Moon Worm MoonSupermoon

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

3. Wed, Mar 112:17 AM

   Last Quarter

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

4. Fri, Mar 131:14 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

5. Sun, Mar 15

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.

6. Mon, Mar 169:27 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

7. Tue, Mar 177:13 AM

   Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.

8. Tue, Mar 1710:38 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Mar 194:56 AM

   Uranus behind the Sun

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

10. Thu, Mar 197:23 AM

    New Moon

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

11. Fri, Mar 206:48 AM

    March equinox

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

12. Sat, Mar 217:21 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Mar 228:16 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

14. Tue, Mar 248:30 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Mar 241:24 PM

    Mercury and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

16. Thu, Mar 267:06 PM

    First Quarter

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

17. Tue, Mar 31

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,400 km.

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