| 3 |
Moon
near Spica
(morning sky) at 18h UT. |
| 7 |
Moon
near Antares
(morning sky) at 1h UT. |
| 7 |
Last
Quarter Moon
at 15:42 UT. |
| 11 |
Mars
stationary
at 9h UT. The red planet ends its retrograde motion and resumes
direct (eastward) motion towards a mid-April encounter with M44.
Mag. -0.3. |
| 12 |
Moon
at apogee
(farthest from Earth) at 10h UT (distance 406,008 km; angular
size 29.4'). |
| 15 |
New
Moon
at 21:01 UT. Start of lunation 1079.
• Lunation
Number (Wikipedia) |
| 17 |
Moon
near Venus
(evening sky, 16° from Sun) at 5h UT. Mag. -3.9. Best view from
northern hemisphere. |
| 20 |
Vernal
equinox
at 17:33 UT. The time when the Sun reaches the point along the
ecliptic where it crosses into the northern celestial hemisphere
marking the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and
autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Vernal
Equinox (Wikipedia) |
| 21 |
Moon
very near the Pleiades
(evening sky) at 0h UT. Occultation visible from Mexico, Central
America, and South America.
• Occultations
of the Pleiades (IOTA)
• The
Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 22 |
Saturn
at opposition
(opposite the Sun) at 0h UT. Visible all night long, the ringed
planet is at its brightest (mag. +0.5) and closest all year
(disk diameter 19.5"). Saturn's rings are near edge-on but
still appear magnificent even in a small telescope.
• Opposition
(Wikipedia) |
| 23 |
First
Quarter Moon
at 11:00 UT. |
| 24 |
Moon
near Pollux
(evening sky) at 22h UT. |
| 25 |
Moon
near Mars
(evening sky) at 11h UT. Mag. +0.0. |
| 25 |
Moon
near Beehive cluster (M44)
(evening sky) at 22h UT. |
| 27 |
Moon
near Regulus
(evening sky) at 10h UT. |
| 28 |
Moon
at perigee
(closest to Earth) at 5h UT (361,876 km; 33.0'). |
| 29 |
Moon
near Saturn
(midnight sky) at 12h UT. Mag. +0.6. |
| 30 |
Full
Moon
at 2:25 UT.
• Full
Moon Names (Wikipedia) |
| 31 |
Moon
near Spica
(morning sky) at 2h UT. |
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