| Moon Phase |
Day |
Phenomenon |
Hour
(UT) |
Hour
(EST) |
 |
1 |
Saturn is 2 degrees north of the Moon. |
1800 | 1 pm |
 |
2 |
Jupiter is 3 degrees north of the Moon. |
0900 | 4 am |
 |
3 |
FIRST QUARTER |
0200 | 9 pm
(March 2) |
 |
4 |
Mars is 5 degrees north of Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius. |
1400 | 9 am |
 |
7 |
Venus appears to be motionless in the sky as its apparent direct motion changes to backward, or retrograde, motion. |
1100 | 6 am |
 |
8 |
The Moon is at its perigee, or closest point to Earth in its monthly orbit. |
0900 | 4 am |
 |
9 |
FULL MOON |
1700 | 12 noon |
 |
10 |
Mercury is 0 degrees 1 minute north of Uranus. |
1100 | 6 am |
 |
11 |
Mercury is at its greatest elongation, or angular distance from the Sun, at 27 degrees west of the Sun. |
0600 | 1 am |
 |
15 |
Mars is 1 degree 8 minutes south of the Moon. |
2100 | 4 pm |
 |
16 |
LAST QUARTER |
2100 | 4 pm |
 |
18 |
Ceres, the largest asteroid, is 0 degrees 5 minutes south of the Moon. The asteroid is occulted, or hidden from view, by the Moon. |
0700 | 2 am |
|
18 |
Pluto appears to be motionless in the sky as its apparent direct motion changes to backward, or retrograde, motion. |
2200 | 5 pm |
 |
20 |
The Moon is at its apogee, or farthest point from Earth in its monthly orbit. |
1100 | 6 am |
 |
20 |
Equinox |
1400 | 9 am |
 |
21 |
Uranus is 3 degrees north of the Moon. |
1400 | 9 am |
 |
22 |
Mercury is 2 degrees north of the Moon. |
1800 | 1 pm |
 |
25 |
NEW MOON |
0100 | 8 pm
(March 24) |
 |
27 |
Vesta, the third-largest asteroid, is in conjunction with the Sun, that is, Vesta and Earth are aligned on opposite sides of the Sun. |
0700 | 2 am |
 |
29 |
Saturn is 1 degree 7 minutes north of the Moon. |
0400 | 11 pm
(March 28) |
|
29 |
Jupiter is 2 degrees north of the Moon. |
2100 | 4 pm |
 |
30 |
Venus is in inferior conjunction, that is, the Sun and the Earth are aligned on opposite sides of Venus. |
0400 | 11 pm
(March 29) |
