March 22
March 22 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 284 days remain until the year's end. It falls in spring (northern hemisphere) and under the astrological sign of Aries.
Day of year
82
Days remaining
284
ISO week
12
Zodiac
Aries
Season
Spring
Sun declination
+0.4°
External references
Curated jump-off points to the major almanacs, encyclopaedias and primary sources for this date.
Wikipedia: this day →Britannica: this day →LoC: Today in History →History.com: this day →On-This-Day.com →BBC: On This Day →NYT: this day →Time and Date →NASA APOD archive →U.S. Naval Observatory →Wolfram|Alpha →Wikidata →Google Books →JSTOR →Internet Archive →
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Astronomy
Computed via Cooper's formula. Positive declination = Sun north of the celestial equator (Northern Hemisphere summer).
On March 22 the Sun's declination is approximately +0.4°. At this latitude the Sun is north of the celestial equator, giving the Northern Hemisphere longer days than nights.
For specific rise/set times at your location, see the U.S. Naval Observatory, or the NASA APOD archive for any imagery published on a March 22.
Position in the year
Holidays & observances
- World Water Day (UN)
Events
A selection of widely-documented historical events that took place on this date. Years marked BCE follow standard astronomical convention.
- 1622 — Powhatan Confederacy warriors killed 347 English settlers in the Jamestown massacre. ↗(404 years ago)
- 1765 — The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, taxing legal documents in the American colonies. ↗(261 years ago)
- 1933 — Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, was opened near Munich. ↗(93 years ago)
- 1945 — The Arab League was founded in Cairo. ↗(81 years ago)
- 1972 — The U.S. Senate sent the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification (which would later fail). ↗(54 years ago)
Notable births
Notable deaths
- 1832 — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer. ↗(194 years ago)
Numerical & calendrical curiosities
| Day-of-year (82) | 2 × 41 · composite (no) |
|---|---|
| Days remaining (284) | 2^2 × 71 |
| Date code DDMMYYYY | 22032026 · no palindrome in next 200 years |
| Sun declination | +0.40° (Cooper approximation) |
| Distance from solstice | 90 days |