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Sky Calendar -- March 2010

3	Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 18h UT.
7	Moon near Antares (morning sky) at 1h UT.
7	Last Quarter Moon at 15:42 UT.
11	Mars stationary at 9h UT. The red planet ends its retrograde motion and resumes direct (eastward) motion towards a mid-April encounter with M44. Mag. -0.3.
12	Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 10h UT (distance 406,008 km; angular size 29.4').
15	New Moon at 21:01 UT. Start of lunation 1079. • Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
17	Moon near Venus (evening sky, 16° from Sun) at 5h UT. Mag. -3.9. Best view from northern hemisphere.
20	Vernal equinox at 17:33 UT. The time when the Sun reaches the point along the ecliptic where it crosses into the northern celestial hemisphere marking the start of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. • Vernal Equinox (Wikipedia)
21	Moon very near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 0h UT. Occultation visible from Mexico, Central America, and South America. • Occultations of the Pleiades (IOTA) • The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
22	Saturn at opposition (opposite the Sun) at 0h UT. Visible all night long, the ringed planet is at its brightest (mag. +0.5) and closest all year (disk diameter 19.5"). Saturn's rings are near edge-on but still appear magnificent even in a small telescope. • Opposition (Wikipedia)
23	First Quarter Moon at 11:00 UT.
24	Moon near Pollux (evening sky) at 22h UT.
25	Moon near Mars (evening sky) at 11h UT. Mag. +0.0.
25	Moon near Beehive cluster (M44) (evening sky) at 22h UT.
27	Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 10h UT.
28	Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 5h UT (361,876 km; 33.0').
29	Moon near Saturn (midnight sky) at 12h UT. Mag. +0.6.
30	Full Moon at 2:25 UT. • Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
31	Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 2h UT.
All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Standard Time = UT - 5 hours.

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Sky Calendar References:

Astronomical Calendar 2010 (book) by Guy Ottewell
Starry Night Pro Plus v6.3 (software) by Imaginova
Sky & Telescope (magazine) by Sky Publishing
Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets (book) by Jean Meeus
Celestial Delights (book) by Francis Reddy and Greg Walz-Chojnacki

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