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Phenomena this Month - March 2018

A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for March 2018:

Day (UT)Time (UT)Event
105:34Moon 0.9 degrees north of Regulus (mag. +1.4), occultation visible from Greenland, north Canada, Alaska
200:52Full moon.
421:46Moon 7.4 degrees north of Spica (mag. +1.0).
423:19Neptune is in conjunction with the Sun.
518:29Mercury (mag. -1.2) 1.4 degrees north of Venus (mag. -3.9).
706:56Jupiter (mag. -2.2) 4.1 degrees south of Moon.
814:53Moon 9.4 degrees north of Antares (mag. +1.0).
908:51Jupiter (mag. -2.2) begins retrograde motion.
911:20Last quarter moon.
919:36Vesta (mag. +7.3) 1.8 degrees north of Moon.
1000:37Mars (mag. +0.7) 3.8 degrees south of Moon.
1011:06Mercury (mag. -0.9) is at perihelion 0.307 AU (approx. 45.9 million kilometres or 28.5 million miles) from Sun.
1102:21Saturn (mag. +0.6) 2.2 degrees south of Moon.
1109:17Moon at apogee approx. 404,681 kilometres or 251,457 miles from Earth.
1515:07Mercury (mag. -0.4) is at greatest elongation 18.4 degrees east in the evening sky.
1713:12New moon.
1801:13Mercury (mag. +0.1) 3.9 degrees north of Venus (mag. -3.9).
1818:09Mercury (mag. +0.1) 7.7 degrees north of Moon.
1819:05Venus (mag. -3.9) 3.7 degrees north of Moon.
1916:29Uranus (mag. +5.9) 4.6 degrees north of Moon.
2016:16Spring Equinox NH - Autumn Equinox SH.
2021:07Ceres (mag. +7.7) begins direct motion.
2217:04Mercury (mag. +1.1) begins retrograde motion.
2223:00Moon 0.9 degrees north of Aldebaran (mag +0.9).
2415:36First quarter moon.
2603:15Moon 8.5 degrees south of Pollux (mag. +1.1).
2617:25Moon at perigee approx. 369,103 kilometres or 229,350 miles from Earth.
2814:03Moon 1.0 degrees north of Regulus (mag. +1.4), occultation visible from Alaska, northeast Asia
2900:16Uranus (mag. 5.9) 0.1 degrees north of Venus (mag. -3.9).
3112:37Full moon.