March

A month of interesting encounters, with conjunctions aplenty to spot

6 MARCH Northern part of M44 occulted by the Moon 8 MARCH Venus is 2.2° from Uranus in the evening sky 20 MARCH Jupiter and Mars in close conjunction 26 MARCH Mars, Jupiter and Saturn together in the morning sky 28 MARCH Waxing crescent Moon, Venus and Pleiades in the evening sky 29 MARCH Start of British Summer Time March at a glance The Northern Hemisphere’s spring equinox occurs at 03:50 UT on 20 March, the instant when the centre of the Sun’s disc crosses the Celestial Equator, heading north. The equinoxes mark the time of year when the lengths of day and night are changing at their fastest. In the Northern Hemisphere, the March equinox has a bittersweet feeling, bringing brighter and (hopefully) warmer days, but also shorter nights…

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