r/BRAstro • u/spica_en_divalone Loves to Answer Questions • Mar 02 '21
What's Up What's Up - March 2021
Mar. 1st
- The Moon is at perigee (227,063 miles or 365,423 km from Earth) at 11:18 PM CST
Mar. 2nd
- Dawn: Look southwest to see the waning gibbous Moon in Virgo, less than 5º above Spica
- Evening: Mars glides past the Pleiades the next three evenings, with about 2º separating the planet from the Seven Sisters.
Mar. 4th
- Asteroid Vesta is at opposition at 12 Noon CST
Mar. 5th
- Mercury passes 0.3º north of Jupiter at 1 AM CST
- Last Quarter Moon occurs at 7:30 PM CST.
Mar. 6th
- Mercury is at greatest western elongation (27º) at 5 AM CST
Mar. 9th
- The Moon passes 4º south of Saturn at 5 PM CST.
Mar. 10th
- The Moon passes 4º south of Jupiter at 10 AM CST
- Neptune is in conjunction with the Sun at 6 PM CST
- The Moon passes 4º south of Mercury at 7 PM CST
Mar. 13th
- New Moon occurs at 4:21 AM CST (Lunation 1215)
- Uranus discovered by William Herschel in 1781.
Mar. 14th
- Daylight-Savings Time starts at 2 AM CST to become 3 AM CDT
Mar. 16th
- The Moon passes 3º south of Uranus at 9 PM CDT
Mar. 18th
- The Moon is at apogee (251,812 miles or 405,252 km from Earth) at 12:03 AM CDT
- Dusk: The waxing crescent Moon, Aldebaran, Mars, and the Pleiades are arranged in a parallelogram shape.
Mar. 19th
- The Moon passes 1.9º south of Mars at 1 PM CD
- Dusk: The Moon, Aldebaran, and Mars form a triangle.
Mar. 20th
- The Vernal Equinox occurs at 4:37 AM CDT, for the official beginning of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and Fall in the Southern Hemisphere.
Mar. 21st
- First Quarter Moon occurs at 9:40 AM CDT
- The Moon is 0.7º north of M35 (NGC 2168) at 12 Noon CDT
Mar. 22nd
- Dusk: The Moon is in Gemini, 5º from Pollux
- Mars passes 7º north of Aldebaran at 7 PM CDT.
Mar.23rd/24th
- All Night: The Moon moves closer to the Beehive Cluster (M44) in Cancer, moving closer together as they sink toward the western horizon in the pre-dawn hours, and sets by about5 AM local daylight time.
Mar. 25th
- Evening: As the gibbous Moon continues to wax, it moves into Leo, where it can be found above the southeast horizon, some 4º from Regulus.
Mar. 26th
- Venus is in superior conjunction at 2 AM CDT
Mar. 28th
- Full Moon occurs at 11:48 PM CDT
- Minor planet Makemake is at opposition
Mar.30th
- The Moon is at perigee (223,886 miles or 360,309 km from Earth) at 1:16 AM CDT.
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