Highlights (especially for the planets) for the night sky in March 2004
Monday 1 March 2004
- 1.5 hours after sunset look for waxing Moon near Saturn
Saturday 6 March 2004
- Look for Full Moon near Jupiter
Tuesday 9 March 2004
- 1 hour before sunrise look for Moon near Spica (of Virgo) in SW
Friday 12 March 2004
- 1 hour before sunrise look for waning gibbous Moon near Antares
Sunday 14 March 2004
- 30 minutes after sunset look for Mercury in the West
- this begins a time when you can see all 5 visible planets in the night sky, culminating with March 27th when all five visible planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter) will be visible in the sky at once with minimal angular separation
Thursday 18 March 2004
- 30 minutes before sunrise look for waning Moon in ESE
Saturday 20 March 2004
- New Moon
- Mars positioned near the Pleiades
- SPRING begins - Vernal Equinox
Wednesday 24 March 2004
- 1 hour after sunset look for waxing crescent Moon near Venus
Thursday 25 March 2004
- 1 hour after sunset look for waxing crescent Moon near Mars
- Mars is between Venus and Aldeberan (in Taurus)
Saturday 27 March 2004
- Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter span 135 degrees in the sky
Tuesday 30 March 2004
- 1 hour after sunset look for Venus and Mars just 10 degrees apart
- Pleiades (M45) between Venus and Mars
Good skywatching resources
John Avellone's provided web sites