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Highlighting the Near and Deep Sky What’s Up E W Highlighting the Near and Deep Sky March 1 - 31, 2019 S

General Information Among March’s celestial happenings: We give back the free hour of sleep we received last November. (Waaaa!!) The Sun arrives at a busy intersection. (And looks both ways before crossing!) The God of War sails past the Seven Sisters. (But they demurely keep their distance!) Sunset Range: 6:14 p.m. EST (March 1st) to 7:41 p.m. DST (March 31st). End of Astronomical Twilight*: 7:40 p.m. EST (March 1st) to 9:10 p.m. DST (March 31st). * This is “full darkness” – the sun has reached 18° below the horizon. It’s usually dark enough for observing about a half hour before this.

Moon Phases March 2019 Wed., 6th – New Moon (Fri./Sat. observing opportunities Mar. 1st/2nd) Thurs., 14th – First Quarter Wed., 20th – Full Moon (Last of 2019’s three “Supermoons”) Thurs., 28th – Last Quarter (Fri./Sat. observing opportunities Mar. 29th/30th) Roughly speaking: First Quarter Moon is highest at sunset and sets at midnight Full Moon rises at sunset and is in the sky all night Last (“Third”) Quarter Moon rises at midnight and is highest at dawn New Moon sets at sunset and is absent from the sky all night

Celestial Events March 2019 Fri., 1st – Antares, Jupiter, the Moon, Saturn and Venus form a nearly 50°–long arc in the SSE in the pre-dawn sky (~ 6:00 a.m.). Mon., 4th – Moon at apogee; 63.72 Earth-radii from Earth. Sat., 9th – Set clocks ahead one hour before heading for bed for Daylight Saving Time (begins Sunday, the 10th at 2:00 a.m. EST). Tues., 19th – Moon at perigee; 56.34 Earth-radii from Earth (11.6% closer than on the 4th). Wed., 20th – Vernal (or March or spring) equinox; 5:58 p.m. EDT for Roanoke. Sat. 30th – Heading toward the western horizon, Mars passes close the Pleiades (~ 3.05° sep.). But watch from beginning of the month.

(~30 min. before full darkness) (~30 min. before full darkness) March 15th, 9:00 p.m. (~30 min. before full darkness) March 16th, 8:30 p.m. DST (~30 min. before full darkness) For tonight, Mar. 19th, 8:30 p.m. is about 30 min. before full darkness. For tonight, Feb. 18th, 7:00 p.m. EST is about 30 min. before full darkness. E Uranus W Mars Moon S

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