March 2005 Phenomena

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff Updated by an Factmonster Editor on February 21, 2017

For terms in boldface, see Astronomical Terms.

Day	Phenomenon	Hour
3	Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius, is 0° 8' south of the Moon. Occultation of Jupiter by the Moon.	1100
3	LAST QUARTER	1800
6	Mars is 5° north of the Moon.	0600
8	Neptune is 5° north of the Moon.	0000
8	The Moon is at perigee.	0400
10	NEW MOON	0900
11	Mercury is 3° north of the Moon.	1600
12	Mercury is at its greatest elongation, at 18° east of the Sun.	1800
17	FIRST QUARTER	1900
19	Mercury appears to be motionless in the sky as it moves from its greatest elongation east of the Sun back toward a position west of the Sun as viewed from the Earth.	1600
19	Saturn is 5° south of the Moon.	1600
19	The Moon is at apogee.	2300
20	Equinox	1300
21	Ceres, the largest asteroid, appears to be motionless in the sky as it goes from direct motion to retrograde motion.	2000
22	Saturn appears to be motionless in the sky as it goes from retrograde to direct motion.	0000
23	Pallas, the second-largest asteroid, is at opposition.	0700
25	FULL MOON	2100
26	Jupiter is 1° 0' north of the Moon. Occultation of Jupiter by the Moon.	1600
27	Pluto appears to be motionless in the sky as it goes from direct motion to retrograde motion.	0800
29	Mercury is in inferior conjunction.	1600
30	Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius, is 0° 7' south of the Moon. Occultation of Antares by the Moon.	1700
31	Venus is in superior conjunction.	0300

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