Local Sky Events
March
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- Moon is full Moon Mar 3, third quarter Mar 11th, new on Mar 19th and first quarter on Mar 25th.
- Parade of Planets the last week of Feb and the first week in March. Mercury, Venus, and Saturn all hover above the western horizon just after sunset. Look for them in twilight. Uranus and Neptune require binoculars or small telescope to see.
- Total Lunar Eclipse Mar 3. Partial eclipse begins about 4:47 am EST, ends when the moon sets depending where you live. See links page under Resources Tab for times at your location. For Utica, NY the moon will set just at it reaches totality, about 6:03 am. The farther west you are, the more time it will be visible.
- March 7th, about 30 minutes after sunset just a few degrees above the horizon Venus and Saturn will be in conjunction just 1 degree apart.
- Daylight Savings Time begins Mar 8, at 2 am. Set clocks ahead one hour.
- Mar 20, Spring begins at 9:46 am EDT.
- Jupiter dominates the evening sky shining bright in Gemini at magnitude -2.4. It shines brighter than Sirius, the dog star, which is the brightest star that we can see with our eyes from Earth. Sirius is lower to the right of Jupiter.
- In the later half of March, Mercury hovers above the eastern horizon in the morning reaching its highest altitude above the horizon on the 27th before it begins its decent toward conjunction with the Sun in April.
Check back often for updates
- Moon is full Moon Mar 3, third quarter Mar 11th, new on Mar 19th and first quarter on Mar 25th.
- Parade of Planets the last week of Feb and the first week in March. Mercury, Venus, and Saturn all hover above the western horizon just after sunset. Look for them in twilight. Uranus and Neptune require binoculars or small telescope to see.
- Total Lunar Eclipse Mar 3. Partial eclipse begins about 4:47 am EST, ends when the moon sets depending where you live. See links page under Resources Tab for times at your location. For Utica, NY the moon will set just at it reaches totality, about 6:03 am. The farther west you are, the more time it will be visible.
- March 7th, about 30 minutes after sunset just a few degrees above the horizon Venus and Saturn will be in conjunction just 1 degree apart.
- Daylight Savings Time begins Mar 8, at 2 am. Set clocks ahead one hour.
- Mar 20, Spring begins at 9:46 am EDT.
- Jupiter dominates the evening sky shining bright in Gemini at magnitude -2.4. It shines brighter than Sirius, the dog star, which is the brightest star that we can see with our eyes from Earth. Sirius is lower to the right of Jupiter.
- In the later half of March, Mercury hovers above the eastern horizon in the morning reaching its highest altitude above the horizon on the 27th before it begins its decent toward conjunction with the Sun in April.
See our Links page - Sky Watching - for other events.
See Sky and Telescope Magazine (The Sky at a Glance) for more events.