March Space Schedule

March 6: Mercury at greatest elongation. The innermost planet will reach its greatest separation from the sun, shining brightly at magnitude 0.1. Catch the elusive planet above the eastern horizon shortly before sunrise.

March 9: Conjunction of the moon and Saturn. The waning crescent moon will swing about 4 degrees to the south of Saturn in the dawn sky. 

March 10: Conjunction of the moon and Jupiter. The waning crescent moon will swing about 4 degrees to the south of Jupiter in the dawn sky.

March 13: The new moon arrives at 5:21 a.m. EST.

March 14: Daylight Saving Time begins. 

March 19: Conjunction of the moon and Mars. The waxing crescent moon will swing about 2 degrees to the south of Mars in the evening sky.

March 20: Vernal Equinox. The first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the first day of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.

March 28: The full moon of March, known as the Full Worm Moon.

March 28: Venus reaches its greatest brightness in its 2021 evening apparition, shining brightly at magnitude -3.9. Catch the planet just above the western horizon at sunset. 

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