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OBSERVING
Sky at a Glance Using the Map
Go out within an hour of a time
listed to the right. Turn the map
around so the yellow label for
the direction you’re facing is at
the bottom. That’s the horizon.
Above it are the constellations in
front of you. The center of the
map is overhead. Ignore the
parts of the map above
horizons you’re
not facing.
EXACT FOR
LATITUDE
40º NORTH.
MARCH 2014
Feb 16 EARLY EVENING: The zodiacal light shows very
- Mar 2 well from dark locations at mid-northern latitudes.
Look west starting about 80 minutes after sunset
for a huge, tall, left-sloping pyramid of light.
Mar 9 DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME STARTS at 2 a.m. for
most of the U.S. and Canada.
9 EVENING: Jupiter shines above the Moon, as
shown on page 48. And Algol is at minimum
brightness for roughly two hours centered on
11:30 p.m. EDT (8:30 PDT); see page 53.
17, 18 LATE EVENING: Spica and much brighter Mars
form a changing triangle with the Moon.
18–31 EARLY EVENING: The zodiacal light is again on
display as described above.
20 VERY EARLY MORNING: The asteroid Erigone
hides bright Regulus for up to 14 seconds a little
after 2 a.m. EDT in a narrow path from the New
York City area to eastern Ontario and points
north (see page 30).
DAWN: Binoculars show Alpha Librae just left of
the Moon, with Saturn well to their left.
SPRING BEGINS in the Northern Hemisphere
at the equinox, 12:57 p.m. EDT (9:57 a.m. PDT).
21 DAWN: Saturn shines to the right of the Moon.
23 EVENING: The shadows of Io and Ganymede
fall on Jupiter simultaneously from 10:08 to 10:32
p.m. EDT (9:08 to 9:32 CDT); see page 53.
27 DAWN: Venus shines lower right of the thin
crescent Moon.
New March 1 3:00 a.m. EST
Full March 16 1:08 p.m. EDT
New March 30 2:45 p.m. EDT
First Qtr March 8 8:27 a.m. EST
Last Qtr March 23 9:46 p.m. EDT
Moon Phases
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