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Close approach of the Moon, Venus and Saturn The Moon, Venus and Saturn pass close to one another. Tue, 29 Feb 2028 at 06:28 EDT (1,337 days away) in Pisces |
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Close approach of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus pass close to each other. Tue, 29 Feb 2028 at 07:24 EDT (1,337 days away) in Pisces |
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Conjunction of the Moon and Venus The Moon and Venus share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°16'. Tue, 29 Feb 2028 at 10:49 EDT (1,337 days away) in Pisces |
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Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 8°01'. Tue, 29 Feb 2028 at 12:24 EDT (1,337 days away) in Pisces |
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Conjunction of Venus and Saturn Venus and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 3°48'. Wed, 01 Mar 2028 at 06:53 EDT (1,338 days away) in Pisces |
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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. Thu, 02 Mar 2028 (1,339 days away) in Carina |
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Close approach of the Moon and M45 The Moon and M45 pass close to each other. Fri, 03 Mar 2028 at 02:35 EDT (1,340 days away) in Taurus |
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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. Sat, 04 Mar 2028 at 04:02 EDT (1,341 days away) in Taurus |
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Mercury at aphelion Mercury passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Tue, 07 Mar 2028 at 23:35 EDT (1,345 days away) in Capricornus |
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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. Wed, 08 Mar 2028 (1,345 days away) in Carina |
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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. Fri, 10 Mar 2028 at 03:21 EDT (1,347 days away) in Sextans |
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Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Fri, 10 Mar 2028 at 20:05 EDT (1,347 days away) in Leo |
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Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Fri, 10 Mar 2028 at 22:26 EDT (1,347 days away) in Leo |
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Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 6°09'. Sat, 11 Mar 2028 at 02:44 EDT (1,348 days away) in Leo |
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Jupiter at opposition Jupiter lies in the opposite direction to the Sun in the sky, making it slightly closer, brighter and larger than at other times. It is also optimally positioned to be observable for much of the night. Sun, 12 Mar 2028 at 11:29 EDT (1,349 days away) in Leo |
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Jupiter at perigee Jupiter reaches its closest point to the Earth – marking the best time to observe it in 1970. Sun, 12 Mar 2028 at 21:45 EDT (1,349 days away) in Leo |
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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. Mon, 13 Mar 2028 at 03:07 EDT (1,350 days away) in Virgo |
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Asteroid 2 Pallas at opposition Asteroid 2 Pallas makes closest approach to the Earth. Mon, 13 Mar 2028 at 19:58 EDT (1,350 days away) in Virgo |
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γ-Normid meteor shower 2028 The γ-Normid meteor shower reaches its peak. Tue, 14 Mar 2028 (1,351 days away) in Norma |
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Lunar occultation of Antares The Moon will pass in front of Antares (Alpha Scorpii), creating a lunar occultation visible from Hawaii, Midway Atoll, Johnston Atoll and Midway Islands. Thu, 16 Mar 2028 at 09:55 EDT (1,353 days away) in Scorpius |