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March 1988

A partial lunar eclipse in Virgo on March 3 and a total solar eclipse in Pisces on March 17; the spring equinox falls on March 20.

Total Solar Eclipse in Pisces

27° Pisces · March 17, 8:58 pm ET

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This month

  • Full Moon · VirgoMar 3 · 11:02 am
  • Last Quarter · SagittariusMar 11 · 5:57 am
  • New Moon · PiscesMar 17 · 9:03 pm
  • First Quarter · CancerMar 24 · 11:42 pm
  • Partial lunar eclipse · 13° VirgoMar 3 · 11:13 am
  • Total solar eclipse · 27° PiscesMar 17 · 8:58 pm
  • Spring EquinoxMar 20 · 4:39 am

All times Eastern (America/New_York) — the printed edition's anchor.

Notable aspects

  • Mars sextile PlutoMar 11 · 1:59 pm
  • Mars conjunction NeptuneMar 7 · 8:23 pm
  • Jupiter trine UranusMar 12 · 7:02 am
  • Jupiter trine SaturnMar 18 · 6:00 am
  • Sun trine PlutoMar 2 · 3:50 pm
  • Venus conjunction JupiterMar 5 · 5:21 pm
  • Venus trine NeptuneMar 15 · 6:03 am
  • Sun square UranusMar 21 · 3:43 am
  • Sun square SaturnMar 22 · 10:53 am
  • Mercury sextile NeptuneMar 23 · 11:17 am
  • Venus trine MarsMar 27 · 11:00 pm
  • Sun square NeptuneMar 30 · 10:40 am