A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for March 2014:
Phenomena March
Day | Event |
---|---|
1 | New Moon (08:00 UT) |
1 | Mars mag -0.5 begins retrograde motion in Virgo (21 UT) |
3 | Saturn mag +0.6 begins retrograde motion in Libra (3 UT) |
3 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Uranus mag +5.9 (11 UT) |
6 | Jupiter mag -2.4 is stationary in Gemini (10 UT) |
7 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9 (15 UT) |
8 | First quarter Moon (13:27 UT) |
8 | Asteroid (107) Camilla mag +11.6 is at opposition in Leo |
10 | Moon passes 5 degrees south of Jupiter mag -2.4 (11 UT) |
11 | Moon passes 12 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (17 UT) |
11 | Moon is at apogee 405,367 km or 251,884 miles from Earth (19:46 UT) |
13 | Asteroid (24) Themis mag +10.7 is at opposition in Leo |
14 | Mercury mag +0.1 is at greatest elongation west 28 degrees (7 UT) |
14 | Moon passes 5 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4 (18 UT) |
16 | Full Moon (17:09 UT) |
18 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (21 UT) |
19 | Moon passes 3 degrees south of Mars mag -1.0 (3 UT) |
19 | Mercury is at aphelion 0.467 AU (approx. 69.9 million km or 43.4 million miles) from Sun (23 UT) |
20 | Spring Equinox NH - Autumn Equinox SH (16:58 UT) |
21 | Moon passes 0.2 degrees south of Saturn mag +0.5, occultation is visible from the South Atlantic (3:18 UT) |
22 | Moon passes 8 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (7 UT) |
22 | Venus mag -4.5 is at greatest elongation west 47 degrees (19 UT) |
22 | Asteroid (21) Lutetia mag +10.9 is at opposition in Virgo |
24 | Last quarter Moon (1:47 UT) |
27 | Moon passes 4 degrees north of Venus mag -4.5 (10 UT) |
27 | Moon is at perigee 365,706 km or 227,239 miles from Earth (18:33 UT) |
28 | Moon passes 5 degrees north of Neptune mag +8.0 (14 UT) |
30 | New Moon (18:45 UT) |
31 | Mars mag -1.3 passes 5 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (4 UT) |