Local Sky Events

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• Mars is in the southwest in the early evening sky. As Earth speeds away from Mars it dims this month.
• Dazzling Venus may be found in the early morning sky rising about 4:30 AM EST. It shines brightly at magnitude -4.1.
• Jupiter rises 1:30 to 2:30 AM in March in the constellation Ophiuchus. Jupiter shines at -2.0 magnitude. Europa & Ganymede transit Jupiter March 18, 4-5 AM.
• Saturn shines at magnitude 0.6 in Sagittarius. Saturns rings are tilted 24 degrees to our line of sight. Mar 29 the waning crescent Moon is a few degrees from Saturn before dawn.
• Moon: New Mar 6; First Qt Mar 14; Full Mar 20, last quarter Mar 28th.
• See our Links page - Sky Watching - for other events.
• See Sky and Telescope Magazine (This Week's Sky at a Glance) from our Links page for more events.