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Facing
Moon
Mar 16
Galaxy
Double star
Variable star
Open cluster
Diffuse nebula
Globular cluster
Planetary nebula
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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