Last Quarter - Wed, March 11 @ 04:38
(-3d, 8h, 3m)
A waning half-Moon is near the meridian (halfway across the sky) as the Sun rises.
New Moon - Tue, March 10 @ 20:23
(-2d, 23h, 48m)
The Moon is nearest the Sun in the sky and cannot be seen from the ground.
Time Change in most of North America: clocks go forward one hour. - Sun, March 8 @ 02:00
(-0d, 5h, 25m)
Eastern Standard Time ends at 02:00 EST. Eastern Daylight Time begins at 03:00 EDT
March 1989 Geomagnetic Storm - Fri, March 13 @ 00:00
(-5d, 3h, 25m)
A stunning auroral display greeted onlookers on this day in 1998, when the sky danced with the Northern Lights as far south as Texas.
Stephen Hawking Dies - Sat, March 14 @ 00:00
(-6d, 3h, 25m)
On this day in 2018, legendary British Physicist Stephen Hawking died. During his career, the brilliant mathematician and cosmologist advanced our theoretical knowledge of black holes and the origins of the Universe, and had insights into the nature and behaviour of time.
- times in EST or EDT according to date of event
Recent Events (Reverse Order; Last 7 days: 4):
Albert Einstein Born - Wed, March 4 @ 00:00
(+3d, 20h, 35m)
On this day in 1879, Albert Einstein was born. He gave birth to many modern physics concepts, including two special theories of Relativity, a better understanding of piezoelectric effects, and more. He was particularly famous for his gendankenexperimenten (thought experiments). Einstein died in 1955.
Total Lunar Eclipse - Mon, March 2 @ 03:44
(+5d, 16h, 51m)
The Moon will be completedly eclipsed by the Earth in this event visible from the eastern and western margins of the Pacific Ocean.
Full Moon - Tue, March 3 @ 05:37
(+4d, 14h, 58m)
The Moon is most-opposite the Sun in the sky, rising as the sun sets.
"Storm of the Century" - Tue, March 3 @ 00:00
(+4d, 20h, 35m)
On this day in 1971, a massive blizzard hit eastern Canada. 40 to 80 centimetres of snow feel, whipped by winds of up to 110km /h. The storm caused 30 deaths.
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