Sky Events

March 2025

March 6: First Quarter Moon

March 6: Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter, with an angular separation of 5°33′

March 7: Mercury at its greatest eastern elongation

March 8: Conjunction of the Moon and Mars, with an angular separation of 1°40′

March 14: Full Moon, and total lunar eclipse between 1:09 AM and 04:47 AM EDT

March 20: Vernal Equinox

March 22: Third Quarter Moon

March 29: Partial solar eclipse between 4:51 AM and 8:43 AM EDT

Mercury: Evening planet at start of March. Lost from view mid-month

Venus: Evening planet. Sets over 3 hours after sunset on March 1, and lost after mid-month.

Mars: Evening planet

Jupiter: Remains at a decent altitude throughout March

Saturn: Not visible in March.

April 2: Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter, with an angular separation of 5°30′

April 4: First Quarter Moon

April 4: M94, a spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici, is well-placed for observation.

April 4: Conjunction of the Moon and Mars, with an angular separation of 2°09′

April 12: Full Moon

April 15: The Whirlpool Galaxy in Canis Venatici is well-placed for observation.

April 18: The globular cluster M3 in Canes Venatici is well-placed for observation.

April 20: Third Quarter Moon

April 21: Mercury at greatest western elongation

April 22: The Lyrid meteor shower reaches its peak activity of about 18 meteors per hour.

April 23: The Pinwheel Galaxy M101 in Ursa Major is well-placed in the evening sky.

April 24: Conjunction of the Moon and Venus, with an angular separation of 2°23′

Mercury: Morning planet, not easily visible despite reaching greatest western elongation on April 21

Venus: Morning planet, rises 70 mins before sunrise.

Mars: Deteriorating evening planet.

Jupiter: Evening planet, deteriorating through the month.

Saturn: Hard to see in the morning twilight.