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Events Home Page.Events Seen All Month Long .Ephemerides Proper
(data from the former yearly ephemerides generator at Fred Espenak's NASA's eclipse website; miscellaneous data with the 'Astronomical Phenomena for The Year 2017,' a joint work by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office and the U.S. Naval Observatory; to be found at the latter's site; all time UT except otherwise stated)
Wwd At the Tropics or the southern hemisphere by dawn, fine bright stars are seen South!
 | Fine bright stars are seen South, by dawn in the southern hemisphere! picture site 'Amateur Astronomy' based upon Stellarium |
morning of Mar. 1 UsA EuA That morning by all latitudes by dawn, last crescent is seen close to Saturn. Fine! With the show higher some fine visual and photographic opportunities!
1 (1) UsA EuA Tomorrow morning by dawn, by all latitudes, last crescent is seen close to Venus. Fine! With the show higher some fine visual and photographic opportunities! Moon is close to Saturn for the Asia-Pacific area!
 | Moon close to Venus by dawn! picture site 'Amateur Astronomy' based upon Stellarium |
1 (2) AsP Tomorrow morning by dawn for all latitudes, last crescent is seen close to Venus. Fine! With the show higher some fine visual and photographic opportunities!
1 (3) Wwd Moon reaches a southernmost declination at 06:23 UT
1 (4) Wwd There is a occultation of Saturn today by Moon! check more at Occultations; check more too at such sites like "The International Occultation Timing Association" (I.O.T.A.)
2 (1) Wwd Tomorrow morning by dawn by all latitudes, last crescent is seen close to Venus. Fine! With the show higher some fine visual and photographic opportunities!
2 (2) Wwd Moon is at a descending node at 11:03 UT
2 (3) Wwd There is a occultation of Pluto today by Moon! check more at Occultations; check more too at such sites like "The International Occultation Timing Association" (I.O.T.A.)
4 Wwd Moon is at its apogee at 11:25 UT (distances non available)
11 Wwd First crescent for all latitudes, is not that far from Mars by twilight. Fine! In the USA-Americas area's northern hemisphere, the show is seen the day before!
 | Moon not that far from Mars in twilight! picture site 'Amateur Astronomy' based upon Stellarium |
12 UsA First crescent is close to Aldebaran tonight and by twilight by all latitudes, the bright star to constellation Taurus, the Bull. Fine visual and photographic opportunities!
13 AsP First quartered Moon by all latitudes, is seen close to Aldebaran tonight and by twilight, the bright star to constellation Taurus, the Bull. Fine visual and photographic opportunities!
 | Moon close to Aldebaran! picture site 'Amateur Astronomy' based upon Stellarium |
15 Wwd Moon reaches a northernmost declination at 17:59 UT
16 Wwd Moon is at a ascending node at 16:22 UT
18 UsA EuA Moon close to full, for all latitudes, is close to Regulus tonight, the bright star to constellation Leo, the Lion
 | Moon close to Regulus, the bright star to constellation Leo, the Lion! picture site 'Amateur Astronomy' based upon Stellarium |
19 Wwd Moon is at its perigee at 19:47 UT (distances non available)
20 Wwd It is the spring, or Vernal equinox today, by 21:58. Nighttime equal daytime worldwide! check more details about Earth's seasons with our tutorial Seasons
28 (1) Wwd Last Quarter by all latitudes, is close to Saturn by dawn tomorrow morning! Fine! With the show higher some fine visual and photographic opportunities!
 | Moon close to Saturn by dawn! picture site 'Amateur Astronomy' based upon Stellarium |
28 (2) Wwd Moon reaches a southernmost declination at 13:02 UT
29 (1) Wwd Moon is at a descending node at 13:08 UT
29 (2) Wwd There is a occultation of Saturn today by Moon! check more at Occultations; check more too at such sites like "The International Occultation Timing Association" (I.O.T.A.)
29 (3) Wwd There is a occultation of Pluto today by Moon! check more at Occultations; check more too at such sites like "The International Occultation Timing Association" (I.O.T.A.)
Occultations observers are advised to turn to such dedicated sites like the I.O.T.A as they may also check below at our Occultation section
Moon Home PageNew Moon is on March 6th, at 16:04 UT
First Quarter is on March 14th, at 10:27 UT
Full Moon is on March 21st, at 01:43 UT
Last Quarter is on March 28th, at 04:10 UT
(source: Ephemeris generator at Fred Espenak's NASA's eclipse website)
Planets Home Pagefor what a remarkable configuration of a planet is, check our tutorial 'Planets Apparent Motion'
Mercury is reaching a inferior conjunction on Mar. 15, at 01:43 UT. Mercury reappears like a morning star by about worldwide. The show however is of no avail whatever where
Venus keeps a morning star. It's low in the northern hemisphere
Mars is a fine evening star, high in the northern hemisphere or the Tropics and somewhat lower, northwest, in the southern hemisphere. The Mars Observation Campaign 2018-2019 ended last February 2019 when Mars was back to 6" of apparent diameter. check more at our Mars Observation Campaign 2018-2019 page
 | Mars a evening star worldwide! picture site 'Amateur Astronomy' based upon Stellarium |
Jupiter albeit rising as soon by about 2 a.m. local time, remains a fine morning star in the northern hemisphere. Jupiter is rising now by 0:40 a.m. at the Tropic or 0:50 a.m. in the southern hemisphere. Jupiter is now too high to qualify a morning star by both those locations
Saturn is now a fine morning star in the northern hemisphere, the Tropics or the southern hemisphere. Following a ring aperture maximum, rings now are closing
 | Venus, Saturn and Jupiter are morning stars in the northern hemisphere! picture site 'Amateur Astronomy' based upon Stellarium |
Uranus now tends low West when night settles in, in the northern hemisphere. It's truer still at the Tropics as the faraway world is too low in the southern hemisphere
Neptune is reaching a conjunction on Mar. 7th by 00:48 as it is not observable worldwide
Pluto has reappeared to a swift observation in the northern hemisphere before dawn. Pluton is rising as soon as by 3 a.m. at the Tropics, or in the southern hemisphere, allowing for much more(according to the International Astronomical Union (IAU) since 2006, Pluto is not considered a planet anymore, but categorized like a dwarf planet instead along with Ceres, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea, and the prototype of a new category of 'trans-Neptunian', 'Pluto-class' objects)
Minor Planets, NEOs Home Page
Minor PlanetsMinor planets are those biggest asteroids in the Asteroid Belt which may be easily observed by amateurs from the Earth, namely Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta (due to the new categorization by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) by 2006, Ceres belongs to the 5 dwarf planets in the solar system with Pluto, Eris, Makemake, and Haumea). check data and charts at our section Minor Planets on the yearly Calendar page as our tutorial 'Asteroids and Asteroid Hunting' is of help too. Any remarkable event linked to a minor planet may have a notice here below
Nearest NEOsSome small asteroids dubbed Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) are regularly making close approaches at Earth. People interested in such close approaches may obtain recent and upcoming data at NASA site Near-Earth Object Program (their section "Close Approaches"). Date, miss distance in AU or Lunar Distance (LD), estimated diameter, and relative velocity are available. For further observational purposes, check at the Near-Earth Object Program ephemeris Generator. For more about NEOs see tutorial "
Comets Home PageOnce every time, the solar system treats us with a remarkable comet, a eery view spanning up to thirty degrees of sky! Most of the time however comets are the domain of dedicated observers as mostly weak and, at the most, hovering at the limit of the naked-eye visibility. A good site to get information about current such comets is the British Astronomical Association Comet Section page or also the Weekly Information about Bright Comets page (which often points to comets close to the visual magnitude). Our 'Comets and Comet Hunting' tutorial will also be helpful. Remarkable comets otherwise usually will be presented below!
Shooting Stars Home Page->note: shooting stars afficionados will be aware of checking Moon at the dates of the showers
for more about the meteor showers of this month, for possible other meteor showers for this month, and for more about shooting stars, generally, see our tutorial "Shooting Stars"
Occultations Home PageEach month, Moon occults some relatively bright stars, that is the Moon, beginning either with its bright or its dark visible face, is passing in front of a star. This is called an occultation. The Pleiades, on the other hand, due to their position near the eclipic, are often occulted by Moon too. Some planets, at last, along the year, may be occulted by Moon or they themselves, or their satellites, may be seen too occulting a star. The asteroids too may occult stars. Yearly lists of such phenomenons are to be found at Sky & Telescope/SkyTonight.com, either in their newsstand issues or at their site, as a list of occultations of most brilliant stars, the planets and the Pleiades are available at the I.O.T.A site (I.O.T.A. stands for "The International Occultation Timing Association"). Most notable occultations are signaled below. The configuration of Moon makes 2019 a great year of occultations of planets and minor planets by the Moon as, amazingly none of the bright stars usually occulted by Moon, like Aldebaran, Antares, Regulus or Spica, will be!
Saturnback is occulted by Moon on Mar. 1st, 2018 by 18:00 UT! The show is available for most of Micronesia, Northern Polynesia (except Hawaii), Central America, and S. North America. check more at such sites like "The International Occultation Timing Association" (I.O.T.A.)
Pluto back is occulted by Moon on Mar. 2nd, 2018 by 04:00 UT! The show is available for N.E. Africa, S.W. Europe, Middle East, India, most of S. and E. Asia, most of China, and most of Mongolia. check more at such sites like "The International Occultation Timing Association" (I.O.T.A.)
Saturn back is occulted by Moon on Mar. 29th, 2018 by 05:00 UT! The show is available for the E. edge of Brazil, southern Africa, Madagascar, S. tip of India, and Sri Lanka. check more at such sites like "The International Occultation Timing Association" (I.O.T.A.)
Pluto back is occulted by Moon on Mar. 29th, 2018 by 12:00 UT! The show is available for W. and S. Mexico, Central America, N. half of S. America, Madeira, Cape Verde Is., and the W. edge of Africa. check more at such sites like "The International Occultation Timing Association" (I.O.T.A.)
check on this site for more about occultations, theoretically
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