Volume 25 Issue 3
March 2019
March 2019
Month at a Glance:
This month Mercury moves from the evening skies to inferior conjunction at mid-month and then reappears as a morning planet by the end of the month. Venus contines as the brightest object in the morning skies other than the Moon. Can't miss it over the southeast horizon. Jupiter is down to the left, east, from Venus and despite their separation the two make a conspicuous stellar-like pair. An hour or so after Jupiter rises the planet Saturn rises and is low over the southeastern at sunset. Dwarf Planet Ceres is a few degrees west from Jupiter but is too dim to be seen with anything other than a telescope or time exposure picture.
Mars is the only visible evening planet and it is located above the southwest horizon and sunset and sets around midnight.
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This month Mercury moves from the evening skies to inferior conjunction at mid-month and then reappears as a morning planet by the end of the month. Venus contines as the brightest object in the morning skies other than the Moon. Can't miss it over the southeast horizon. Jupiter is down to the left, east, from Venus and despite their separation the two make a conspicuous stellar-like pair. An hour or so after Jupiter rises the planet Saturn rises and is low over the southeastern at sunset. Dwarf Planet Ceres is a few degrees west from Jupiter but is too dim to be seen with anything other than a telescope or time exposure picture.
Mars is the only visible evening planet and it is located above the southwest horizon and sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury moves into inferior conjunction on the 5th and reappears in the morning skies toward the end of the month.
Venus is visible over the eastern horizon at around sunrise local time.
Mars is visible over the wouthwestern horizon around sunset local time but is noticeably setting earlier as the day pass.
Dwarf Planet Ceres is a few degrees west from Jupiter over the southern horizon around sunrise local time. Ceres gradually increases its apparent magnitude from around 7.8 to almost 7.0 by month's end.
Jupiter Jupiter is visible but low over the southern horizon at around sunrise local time.
Saturn is visible over the east-southeast horizon a couple of hours befor sunrise local time.
Above the Solar System at 10 day Intervals
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