Diary of Astronomical Phenomena

All times are local, including one hour daylight
savings time (when appropriate), topocentric to
mid-Norfolk in Eastern England.

March

dd hh
03 10 Antares 0.5° south of the Moon
03 15 Last quarter Moon
05 02 Moon furthest south (geocentric declination -28.5°)
08 07 Mars 4.3° north of the Moon
08 20 Venus 3.4° north of the Moon
10 07 Moon at perigee (356895 km)
10 09 New Moon
11 03 Mercury 1.8° north of the Moon
12 01 Moon at ascending node
14 00 Jupiter 2.7° south of the Moon
14 09 Uranus 2.3° south of the Moon
15 04 Pleiades 1.3° north of the Moon
16 00 Aldebaran 9.2° south of the Moon
17 04 First quarter Moon
17 11 Neptune in conjunction with the Sun
17 15 Moon furthest north (geocentric declination +28.5°)
17 17 Mercury at perihelion
19 00 Castor 5.5° north of the Moon
19 07 Pollux 2.4° north of the Moon
19 17 Venus at aphelion
20 03 Vernal Equinox
20 10 Beehive Cluster 2.8° south of the Moon
21 22 Venus 0.3° north of Saturn
22 08 Regulus 2.4° south of the Moon
23 16 Moon at apogee (406292 km)
24 22 Mercury at greatest elongation (18.7° East)
25 07 Full Moon
25 07 Penumbral lunar eclipse (mag = 0.956)
26 04 Moon at descending node
26 20 Spica 0.8° south of the Moon
30 15 Antares occulted by the Moon
31 01 British Summer Time starts (GMT + 1 hour)

April

dd hh
01 10 Moon furthest south (geocentric declination -28.6°)
02 04 Last quarter Moon
06 06 Mars 2.8° north of the Moon
06 13 Saturn 1.8° north of the Moon
07 19 Venus occulted by the Moon (too close to the Sun)
07 19 Moon at perigee (358850 km)
08 13 Moon at ascending node
08 19 Total Solar Eclipse; mag=1.057
08 19 New Moon
10 20 Mars 0.4° north of Saturn
10 22 Jupiter 3.2° south of the Moon
11 01 Uranus 2.6° south of the Moon
11 15 Pleiades transited by the Moon
12 00 Mercury at inferior conjunction
12 06 Aldebaran 8.8° south of the Moon
14 00 Moon furthest north (geocentric declination +28.6°)
15 09 Castor 5.7° north of the Moon
15 14 Pollux 1.9° north of the Moon
15 20 First quarter Moon
16 18 Beehive Cluster 3.2° south of the Moon
18 14 Regulus 2.8° south of the Moon
20 03 Moon at apogee (405625 km)
22 12 Lyrid Meteor Shower
22 12 Moon at descending node
23 05 Spica 0.4° south of the Moon
24 01 Full Moon
26 20 Antares occulted by the Moon
28 15 Moon furthest south (geocentric declination -28.5°)