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Sunday, March 3<\/strong> \u2013 Last Quarter Moon happens at 10:23 a.m. EST, the moon will be just east of Antares, the brightest star of Scorpius, look toward the south one hour before sunrise.<\/p>\n Thursday, March 7<\/strong> \u2013 Moon is almost completing its cycle of phases. \u201cOld\u201d Moon (waning crescent) visible low between southeast and east-southeast about 40 minutes before sunrise.\u00a0 Mars and Venus close to the east-southeastern horizon at that time. Binoculars will help.<\/p>\n Friday, March 8<\/strong> \u2013 One month until the total eclipse of the sun.<\/p>\n Sunday, March 10<\/strong> \u2013 Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m. local time.<\/p>\n Sunday, March 10<\/strong> \u2013 Closest Moon of the year at 3 a.m. EDT at 221,764 miles.<\/p>\n Sunday, March 10<\/strong> \u2013 (Super) New Moon at 5 a.m. EDT, next new moon will eclipse the sun.<\/p>\n Monday, March 11<\/strong> \u2013 thin, waxing crescent moon in early evening western sky; Mercury, appearing as a \u201cstar\u201d in the bright twilight sky is just above the western horizon, use binoculars to find this elusive planet.<\/p>\n Wednesday, March 13<\/strong> \u2013 Waxing Crescent Moon next to Jupiter in west (evening sky).<\/p>\n Thursday, March 14<\/strong> — Waxing Crescent Moon next to the Pleiades star cluster in west (evening sky), moonlight might washout this star cluster, binoculars recommended.<\/p>\n Sunday, March 17<\/strong> \u2013 First Quarter Moon 6:11 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n Wednesday, March 19<\/strong> \u2013 First Day of Spring, Vernal (Spring) Equinox at 11:06 a.m. EDT.<\/p>\n Saturday, March 23<\/strong> \u2013 Moon at farthest for the month at 252,459 miles.<\/p>\n Sunday, March 24<\/strong> \u2013 Mercury much easier to find in west, look one hour after sunset, should be able to be seen by naked eye if lower western sky is clear, appears \u201cstar-like.\u201d\u00a0 First try finding it with binoculars, then without.<\/p>\n Monday, March 25<\/strong> \u2013 (Micro) Full Moon & Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, shadowing on moon may be too light to be seen (maximum shadowing around 3 a.m.), but the moon\u2019s orbit is aligning for the total solar eclipse in two weeks. The are several names for the full moon in March: Worm Moon, Paschal Moon, Lenten Moon and Sugar Moon.<\/p>\n Saturday, March 30<\/strong> \u2013 Waning Gibbous Moon next to Antares again, this time on the western side of the star.<\/p>\n
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