March '99 StarDial Jehana Sun Feb 28 18:36:44 1999 March 1999 StarDial*p**br* Mar 01 - The Moon passes 2 degrees north of Regulus at 5 am, EST.*br* Mar 01 - Asteroid 1999 DJ3 near-Earth flyby (0.284 AU)*br* Mar 02 - Asteroid 1999 CV3 near-Earth flyby (0.214 AU)*br* Mar 02 - Full Moon number one for the month. 1:58 am, EST.*br* Mar 02 - Asteroid 1998 XB near-Earth flyby (0.343 AU)*br* Mar 03 - Mercury At its greatest eastern elongation (18 Degrees), 8 am, EST*br* Mar 03 - Asteroid 1999 DY2 near-Earth flyby (0.112 AU)*br* Mar 04 - Asteroid 1998 VD35 near-Earth flyby (0.169 AU)*br* Mar 08 - Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Mapping Begins (planned)*br* Mar 08 - Comet Tsuchinshan 2 perihelion (1.771 AU). Not readily visible.*br* Mar 09 - Comet Skiff-Kosai Perihelion (2.789 AU). Not readily visible.*br* Mar 10 - Last quarter Moon at 3:40 am, EST.*br* Mar 14 - Asteroid 1998 YP11 near-Earth flyby (0.266 AU)*br* Mar 14 - Albert Einstein's 120th Birthday (1879)*br* Mar 16 - Comet Shoemaker 1 Perihelion (1.979 AU). Not readily visible. *br* Mar 17 - Dark Moon at 1:48 pm, EST. *br* Mar 18 - Asteroid 6047 (1991 TB1) near-Earth flyby (0.1632 AU)*br* Mar 18 - Moon passes 3 degrees south of Jupiter, 6 am, EST.*br* Mar 19 - Venus passes 2.4 degrees from Saturn.*br* Mar 19 - Moon at perigee at 7:16 pm, EST.*br* Mar 19 - Moon passes 5 degrees south of Venus at 8 pm.*br* Mar 19 - Moon passes 3 degrees south of Saturn at 10 pm. *br* Mar 20 - Venus passes 3 degrees north of Saturn at 4 pm, EST.*br* Mar 21 - Vernal Equinox, 01:46 UT (March 20th, 8:46 pm, EST).*br* Mar 21 - Comet Mueller 3 Perihelion (3.010 AU). Not readily visible.*br* Mar 22 - Moon passes one degree north of Aldebaran at 1 pm, EST.*br* Mar 24 - First quarter Moon at 5:18 am.*br* Mar 25 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 8 - closest approach to the Earth (2.083 AU). Not readily visible.*br* Mar 25 - Asteroid 1999 CF9 near-Earth flyby (0.148 AU)*br* Mar 26 - Asteroid 1992 SK near-Earth flyby (0.0560 AU). Ever feel like you're out on a shooting range?*br* Mar 28 - European Daylight Savings - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour*br* Mar 31 - Blue Moon -- Full Moon number two for the month. 5:49 pm, EST.*br*