This year, on March 20, two important astronomical events occur at once — the vernal equinox and the maximum western elongation of Venus.
March 2
- Mercury and Saturn are in conjunction(0.5° south)
- Luna nova (dark moon)
March 5
- Sun and Jupiter are in conjunction
March 7
- The Moon is 3° south of Uranus (5,8ᵐ)
March 9
- The Moon is 6° north of Aldebaran (α Taurus, 0.8ᵐ)
March 10
- The Moon is in the phase of the first quarter
- The Moon is at its apogee (404,267 km from the center of the Earth)
March 13
- Neptune and the Sun are in conjunction
March 16
- The Moon is 4° north of Regulus (α Leo, 1,3ᵐ)
- Venus and Mars are in conjunction (4° north)
March 18
- Luna nova (dark moon)
March 20
- The vernal equinox
- Venus in the greatest western elongation (46.6°)
March 23
- The Moon is 4° north of Antares (α Scorpio, 1,3ᵐ)
- The Moon is at perigee (369,762 km from the center of the Earth)
March 25
- The Moon is in the last quarter phase
March 28
- The Moon is 4° south of Mars (1.1ᵐ) and 8° south of Venus (-4.3ᵐ)
March 29
- Venus and Saturn are in conjunction (2° north)
