For those of you in the mid-northern latitudes of North America, you’ll be able to watch Mars disappear behind the dark disc of the crescent moon as the moon slides into place between Earth and the red planet.
Look to the southeast, one hour before sunrise on the morning of Tuesday the 18th.
From around the world, these three planets line up across the early morning sky, with Mars at top, and Saturn at bottom. The brightest of the threesome – the king planet Jupiter – resides in between Mars and Saturn.
This is of particular interest to astrologically minded folks. See URL for more info…
This is the date when night and day are most nearly the same length. If you live in the northern hemisphere, happy first day of spring! In the southern hemisphere, the vernal equinox corresponds to the first day of fall.
Canton is the fellow who updates your astronomy calendar (full moons, equinoxes, meteor showers, etc.) from his laptop in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It’s his birthday today!
The astronomy calendar is an effort of love and no reciprocity is needed or expected, but if you’d like to learn more about the calendar or say thank you for his efforts (or even report an error!) then please visit:
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What’s that, a plane coming in for a landing just after sunset? No, that’s Venus blinding you from the western sky.
The planet Venus reaches greatest eastern elongation of 46.1 degrees from the Sun. This is the best time to view Venus since it will be at its highest point above the horizon in the evening sky.