A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for March 2015:
Phenomena March
| Day | Event |
|---|---|
| 1 | Moon passes 12 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (15 UT) |
| 3 | Saturn's moon Iapetus is at greatest western elongation mag +10.1 (2 UT) |
| 3 | Moon passes 5 degrees south of Jupiter mag -2.5 (8 UT) |
| 4 | Moon passes 4 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4 (15 UT) |
| 4 | Venus mag -3.9 passes 0.1 degrees north of Uranus mag +5.9 (20 UT) |
| 5 | Moon is at apogee 406,386 km or 252,517 miles from Earth (07:16 UT) |
| 5 | Full Moon (18:06 UT) |
| 5 | Asteroid (354) Eleonora mag +9.6 is at opposition in Leo |
| 6 | Mercury is at aphelion 0.467 AU (approx. 69.9 million kms or 43.4 million miles) from the Sun (20 UT) |
| 6 | Asteroid (7) Iris mag +8.9 is at opposition in Leo |
| 8 | Moon passes 3.5 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (23 UT) |
| 11 | Mars mag +1.3 passes 0.3 degrees north of Uranus mag +5.9 (20 UT) |
| 12 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Saturn mag +0.4 (8 UT) |
| 12 | Moon passes 9 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (16 UT) |
| 13 | Last quarter Moon (17:48 UT) |
| 14 | Saturn mag +0.4 is stationary in Scorpius, afterwards begins retrograde motion (20 UT) |
| 17 | Mercury mag -0.3 passes 1.6 degrees south of Neptune mag +8.0 (23 UT) |
| 19 | Moon passes 4 degrees north of Neptune mag +8.0 (2 UT) |
| 19 | Moon passes 5 degrees north of Mercury mag -0.4 (5 UT) |
| 19 | Moon is at perigee 357,583 km or 222,192 miles from Earth (19:32 UT) |
| 20 | New Moon. Total Solar eclipse visible from North Atlantic (9:47) |
| 20 | Spring Equinox NH - Autumn Equinox SH (22:46 UT) |
| 21 | Moon passes 1 degree south of Mars mag +1.4 (22 UT) |
| 22 | Moon passes 3 degrees south of Venus mag -4.0 (20 UT) |
| 22 | Asteroid (44) Nysa mag +9.4 is at opposition in Virgo |
| 25 | Moon passes 1 degree north of Aldebaran mag +0.9, occultation visible from NE Scandinavia, Russia and NW Canada (7 UT) |
| 27 | First quarter Moon (7:43 UT) |
| 28 | Moon passes 12 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (21 UT) |
| 30 | Moon passes 6 degrees south of Jupiter mag -2.3 (10 UT) |
| 31 | Moon passes 4 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4 (21 UT) |