2481.

New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Thu, 27 Feb 2025 at 19:45 EDT (236 days away) in Aquarius

2482.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 23'. Fri, 28 Feb 2025 at 23:02 EDT (238 days away) in Pisces

2483.

Close approach of the Moon and Mercury The Moon and Mercury pass close to each other. Fri, 28 Feb 2025 at 23:22 EDT (238 days away) in Pisces

2484.

Lunar occultation of Mercury The Moon will pass in front of Mercury, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Solomon Islands amongst others. Fri, 28 Feb 2025 at 23:22 EDT (238 days away) in Pisces

2485.

The Moon at perigee The Moon makes its monthly closest approach to the Earth, making it appear fractionally larger than at other times of the month. Sat, 01 Mar 2025 at 16:21 EDT (238 days away) in Pisces

2486.

Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°23'. Sat, 01 Mar 2025 at 18:18 EDT (238 days away) in Pisces

2487.

Conjunction of Mercury and Neptune Mercury and Neptune share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°10'. Mon, 03 Mar 2025 at 01:26 EDT (240 days away) in Pisces

2488.

The Theta Carinae cluster is well placed The Theta Carinae open star cluster (IC 2602, also known as the Southern Pleiades; mag 1.9) culminates at around midnight local time. Mon, 03 Mar 2025 (240 days away) in Carina

2489.

Mercury at perihelion Mercury passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun. Tue, 04 Mar 2025 at 08:45 EDT (241 days away) in Pisces

2490.

Close approach of the Moon and M45 The Moon and M45 pass close to each other. Wed, 05 Mar 2025 at 08:01 EDT (242 days away) in Taurus

2491.

Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Thu, 06 Mar 2025 at 05:03 EDT (243 days away) in Taurus

2492.

Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5°33'. Thu, 06 Mar 2025 at 06:32 EDT (243 days away) in Taurus

2493.

Moon at First Quarter The Moon reaches first quarter phase – appearing high in the sky at sunset and setting in the west at around midnight. Thu, 06 Mar 2025 at 11:32 EDT (243 days away) in Taurus

2494.

Lunar occultation of Beta Tauri The Moon will pass in front of Beta Tauri (Elnath), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala amongst others. Thu, 06 Mar 2025 at 23:00 EDT (244 days away) in Taurus

2495.

Mercury at dichotomy Mercury reaches half phase in the evening sky. Fri, 07 Mar 2025 at 04:00 EDT (244 days away) in Pisces

2496.

Mercury at highest altitude in evening sky Mercury is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Fri, 07 Mar 2025 (245 days away) in Pisces

2497.

Mercury at greatest elongation east Mercury is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Fri, 07 Mar 2025 at 20:41 EDT (244 days away) in Pisces

2498.

The Wishing Well cluster is well placed The Wishing Well open star cluster (NGC 3532; mag 3.0) in Carina culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 08 Mar 2025 (245 days away) in Carina

2499.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°40'. Sat, 08 Mar 2025 at 19:27 EDT (245 days away) in Gemini

2500.

Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Sat, 08 Mar 2025 at 19:57 EDT (245 days away) in Gemini