3081.

New Moon The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days. Sat, 22 Mar 2031 at 23:50 EDT (2,452 days away) in Pisces

3082.

Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6'54". Mon, 24 Mar 2031 at 06:56 EDT (2,454 days away) in Pisces

3083.

Close approach of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus pass close to each other. Wed, 26 Mar 2031 at 00:16 EDT (2,456 days away) in Aries

3084.

Lunar occultation of Venus The Moon will pass in front of Venus, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Russia, Canada, China and Alaska amongst others. Wed, 26 Mar 2031 at 00:16 EDT (2,456 days away) in Aries

3085.

Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 53'. Wed, 26 Mar 2031 at 00:40 EDT (2,456 days away) in Aries

3086.

Close approach of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn pass close to each other. Thu, 27 Mar 2031 at 20:59 EDT (2,457 days away) in Taurus

3087.

Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°09'. Thu, 27 Mar 2031 at 21:13 EDT (2,457 days away) in Taurus

3088.

Mars enters retrograde motion Mars reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Fri, 28 Mar 2031 at 20:33 EDT (2,458 days away) in Libra

3089.

The Moon at apogee The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month. Sun, 30 Mar 2031 at 11:23 EDT (2,460 days away) in Gemini

3090.

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. Sun, 30 Mar 2031 at 20:32 EDT (2,460 days away) in Gemini

3091.

Neptune at solar conjunction Neptune is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun – marking the end of one apparition and the beginning of the next. Wed, 02 Apr 2031 at 19:45 EDT (2,463 days away) in Pisces

3092.

The Sombrero Galaxy is well placed The Sombrero Galaxy M104 (NGC 4594; mag 8.6) in Virgo culminates at around midnight local time. Wed, 02 Apr 2031 (2,463 days away) in Virgo

3093.

Mercury at inferior solar conjunction Mercury passes around the near side of the Sun. Fri, 04 Apr 2031 at 15:57 EDT (2,465 days away) in Pisces

3094.

Messier 94 is well placed M94 (mag 8.2), a spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici culminates at around midnight local time. Fri, 04 Apr 2031 (2,465 days away) in Canes Venatici

3095.

The Jewel Box cluster is well placed The Jewel Box open star cluster (NGC 4755, also known as the Kappa Crucis Cluster; mag 4.2) in Crux culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 05 Apr 2031 (2,466 days away) in Crux

3096.

136472 Makemake at opposition 136472 Makemake lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night. Sun, 06 Apr 2031 at 19:32 EDT (2,467 days away) in Bootes

3097.

Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Mon, 07 Apr 2031 at 13:21 EDT (2,468 days away) in Virgo

3098.

Lunar occultation of Spica The Moon will pass in front of Spica (Alpha Virginis), creating a lunar occultation visible from Antarctica, Chile, Argentina and Pitcairn. Tue, 08 Apr 2031 at 00:50 EDT (2,469 days away) in Virgo

3099.

The Moon at aphelion The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon. Wed, 09 Apr 2031 at 19:23 EDT (2,470 days away) in Libra

3100.

Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Wed, 09 Apr 2031 at 22:04 EDT (2,470 days away) in Libra