March 2027 at a glance: Mar 17: Mercury at greatest western elongation (28°); Mar 22: Full Worm Moon. Planets from New York: evening: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Mercury, Venus.
Mar17
Mercury at greatest western elongation (28°)
Mar22
Full Worm Moon
Moon phases
Moon at 0h UTC each day
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
143%
233%
325%
417%
511%
65%
72%
8New
90%
103%
117%
1214%
1322%
1432%
15First Quarter
1654%
1765%
1876%
1985%
2092%
2197%
22Full
2399%
2497%
2592%
2686%
2778%
2869%
2960%
30Last Quarter
3141%
Phase
UTC
New York
London
Sydney
New Moon
Mar 8, 09:29 UTC
Mon Mar 8, 4:29 am
Mon Mar 8, 9:29 am
Mon Mar 8, 8:29 pm
First Quarter
Mar 15, 16:25 UTC
Mon Mar 15, 12:25 pm
Mon Mar 15, 4:25 pm
Tue Mar 16, 3:25 am
Full Moon
Worm Moon; 372,527 km away
Mar 22, 10:43 UTC
Mon Mar 22, 6:43 am
Mon Mar 22, 10:43 am
Mon Mar 22, 9:43 pm
Last Quarter
Mar 30, 00:53 UTC
Mon Mar 29, 8:53 pm
Tue Mar 30, 1:53 am
Tue Mar 30, 11:53 am
Planets
at least 5° up, Sun 6° down
Pick a city. The chart runs from 4 pm to 8 am local time for each night of the month; coloured bars show when each planet is up in a dark sky.
From New York: evening: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Mercury, Venus.
MercuryVenusMarsJupiterSaturnMoondark sky
Planet
When
Where (local time)
Mag.
Constellation
Mercury
Before dawn, until about Mar 14
above 5° from 5:50 am; east-southeast, 6° up at dawn (on the 8th)
0.3
Capricornus
Venus
Before dawn, all month
above 5° from 6:10 am; east-southeast, 9° up at dawn (on the 15th)
-4.0
Capricornus
Mars
Most of the night, all month
east, 38° up at dusk; below 5° by 5:40 am (on the 15th)
-0.8
Leo
Jupiter
Most of the night, all month
east-southeast, 41° up at dusk; below 5° by 5:10 am (on the 15th)
-2.5
Leo
Saturn
Evening, until about Mar 23
west, 12° up at dusk; below 5° by 8:00 pm (on the 15th)
0.8
Pisces
From London: evening: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Venus.
MercuryVenusMarsJupiterSaturnMoondark sky
Planet
When
Where (local time)
Mag.
Constellation
Mercury
Not visible (not up in a dark sky)
–
0.3
Capricornus
Venus
Before dawn, until about Mar 5
above 5° from 6:00 am; southeast, 5° up at dawn (on the 3rd)
-4.0
Capricornus
Mars
Most of the night, all month
east-southeast, 36° up at dusk; below 5° by 5:00 am (on the 15th)
-0.8
Leo
Jupiter
Most of the night, all month
east-southeast, 38° up at dusk; below 5° by 4:40 am (on the 15th)
-2.5
Leo
Saturn
Evening, until about Mar 21
west, 10° up at dusk; below 5° by 7:10 pm (on the 15th)
0.8
Pisces
From Toronto: evening: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Venus.
MercuryVenusMarsJupiterSaturnMoondark sky
Planet
When
Where (local time)
Mag.
Constellation
Mercury
Not visible (not up in a dark sky)
–
0.3
Capricornus
Venus
Before dawn, all month
above 5° from 6:40 am; east-southeast, 7° up at dawn (on the 15th)
-4.0
Capricornus
Mars
Most of the night, all month
east-southeast, 39° up at dusk; below 5° by 6:00 am (on the 15th)
-0.8
Leo
Jupiter
Most of the night, all month
east-southeast, 42° up at dusk; below 5° by 5:40 am (on the 15th)
-2.5
Leo
Saturn
Evening, until about Mar 21
west, 10° up at dusk; below 5° by 8:20 pm (on the 15th)
0.8
Pisces
From Sydney: evening: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Mercury, Venus.
MercuryVenusMarsJupiterSaturnMoondark sky
Planet
When
Where (local time)
Mag.
Constellation
Mercury
Before dawn, all month
above 5° from 5:20 am; east, 19° up at dawn (on the 15th)
0.3
Capricornus
Venus
Before dawn, all month
above 5° from 4:30 am; east, 29° up at dawn (on the 15th)
-4.0
Capricornus
Mars
Most of the night, all month
northeast, 18° up at dusk; below 5° by 3:50 am (on the 15th)
-0.8
Leo
Jupiter
Most of the night, all month
northeast, 23° up at dusk; below 5° by 3:30 am (on the 15th)
-2.5
Leo
Saturn
Evening, until about Mar 17
west, 7° up at dusk; below 5° by 7:40 pm (on the 15th)
0.8
Pisces
Dates to note
Mar4
The Moon near Venus (2.0°)
Mar 4, around 20h UTC. Closest as seen from Earth's centre; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°. If that moment falls in your daytime, look the evening before or after.
Mar6
The Moon near Mercury (1.1°)
Mar 6, around 06h UTC. Closest as seen from Earth's centre; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°. If that moment falls in your daytime, look the evening before or after.
Mar8
New Moon
Mar 8, 09:29 UTC. The dark-sky window: the best week for faint objects and meteors.
Mar13
The Moon near the Pleiades (1.0°)
Mar 13, around 22h UTC. Geocentric; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°.
Mar17
Mercury at greatest western elongation (28°)
Mar 17, 06:50 UTC. Mercury is as far from the Sun as it gets on this pass, 28°, in the morning sky before sunrise. Mercury is always low in twilight: look low toward the east.
Mar19
The Moon near Jupiter (0.9°)
Mar 19, around 09h UTC. Closest as seen from Earth's centre; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°. If that moment falls in your daytime, look the evening before or after.
Mar19
The Moon near Mars (3.9°)
Mar 19, around 15h UTC. Closest as seen from Earth's centre; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°. If that moment falls in your daytime, look the evening before or after.
Mar20
The Moon near Regulus (1.4°)
Mar 20, around 05h UTC. Geocentric; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°.
Mar20
March equinox
Mar 20, 20:24 UTC. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the southern.
Mar22
Full Moon
Mar 22, 10:43 UTC. Worm Moon.
Mar24
The Moon near Spica (2.6°)
Mar 24, around 01h UTC. Geocentric; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°.
Mar24
Neptune in conjunction with the Sun
Mar 24, 23:12 UTC. Neptune is behind the Sun and out of sight for a few weeks either side of this date.
Mar27
The Moon near Antares (0.2°)
Mar 27, around 15h UTC. Geocentric; from your location the gap differs by up to about 1°.
Times in UTC. Separations are geocentric (from Earth's centre). Pairings closer than 3° (planets) or 4° (the Moon and a planet) are listed when the planets are at least 15° from the Sun.
Meteor showers
No major shower is active this month; a few sporadic meteors an hour are always possible from a dark site.
Space station passes
The ISS and Tiangong orbits are only predictable about six weeks ahead, so pass windows for March 2027 appear here once that month is close. Today's passes: ISS tonight, Tiangong tonight.
Your hemisphere
United States
New York
7:02 pmsunset (15th)
7:06 amsunrise (16th)
9 hfull darkness
Over the month the nights are getting shorter (−90 min of full darkness from the 1st to the 31st). Planets: evening: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Mercury, Venus.
Over the month the nights are getting shorter (−140 min of full darkness from the 1st to the 31st). Planets: evening: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Venus.
Over the month the nights are getting shorter (−90 min of full darkness from the 1st to the 31st). Planets: evening: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Venus.
Over the month the nights are getting longer (+70 min of full darkness from the 1st to the 31st). Planets: evening: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Mercury, Venus. From the southern hemisphere the Moon's lit side is mirrored compared with the calendar above, and the planets arc across the northern sky.
Mar 22, 10:43 UTC (Mar 22, 6:43 am in New York, Mar 22, 10:43 am in London). Traditional name: Worm Moon.
When is the new Moon in March 2027?
Mar 8, 09:29 UTC. The nights around it are the darkest of the month.
What planets are visible in March 2027?
From New York: evening: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Mercury, Venus. From Sydney: evening: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn; before dawn: Mercury, Venus. The tables above give times and directions for each city.
Computed by us from JPL's DE440 planetary ephemeris with Skyfield: phases, positions, magnitudes (Mallama & Hilton), separations, equinoxes and solstices. Full Moon names are the traditional North American ones. Meteor showers: International Meteor Organization. Eclipses: Fred Espenak, NASA GSFC. Planet times ignore hills and buildings; a planet 5° up needs a clear, low horizon.