Diary of Astronomical Phenomena
All times are in UTC, the civil “wall-clock” time-scale (without daylight savings)
March 2023
dd hh
01 14 Moon furthest north (+27.7°)
02 05 Venus 0.5° north of Jupiter
02 20 Castor 5.6° north of the Moon
03 03 Pollux 2.4° north of the Moon
03 18 Moon at apogee (405890 km)
04 07 Beehive cluster 2.9° south of the Moon
06 05 Regulus 3.3° south of the Moon
07 13 Full Moon
10 13 Spica 2.3° south of the Moon
11 09 Moon at descending node
14 01 Antares 0.9° south of the Moon
15 02 Last quarter Moon
15 22 Moon furthest south (-27.8°)
15 23 Neptune in conjunction with the Sun
17 11 Mercury at superior conjunction
19 15 Moon at perigee (362698 km)
19 19 Saturn 3.7° north of the Moon
20 21 Vernal equinox
21 17 New Moon
22 22 Jupiter 1.0° north of the Moon
24 02 Moon at ascending node
24 10 Venus 0.9° north of the Moon
25 01 Uranus 0.7° north of the Moon
26 02 Pleiades 2.6° north of the Moon
28 12 Mars 1.6° south of the Moon
28 21 Moon furthest north (+27.9°)
29 03 First quarter Moon
30 04 Castor 5.9° north of the Moon
30 09 Pollux 2.4° north of the Moon
31 11 Moon at apogee (404921 km)
31 10 Beehive cluster 3.3° south of the Moon
31 20 Mercury at perihelion
April 2023
dd hh
02 10 Regulus 3.5° south of the Moon
06 05 Full Moon
06 19 Spica 2.5° south of the Moon
07 14 Moon at descending node
10 08 Antares 0.6° south of the Moon
11 04 Venus 2.5° south of Pleiades
11 21 Jupiter in conjunction with the Sun
11 22 Mercury at greatest elongation (19.5° east)
12 03 Moon furthest south (-28.0°)
13 09 Last quarter Moon
16 02 Moon at perigee (367967 km)
16 07 Saturn 4.1° north of the Moon
17 16 Venus at perihelion
20 04 New Moon
20 04 Hybrid Solar Eclipse; mag=1.013
20 12 Moon at ascending node
22 11 Pleiades 2.4° north of the Moon
23 01 Lyrid meteor shower
23 12 Venus 0.7° south of the Moon
25 06 Moon furthest north (+28.0°)
26 03 Mars 2.3° south of the Moon
26 12 Castor 5.5° north of the Moon
26 17 Pollux 1.9° north of the Moon
27 21 First quarter Moon
28 00 Beehive cluster 3.3° south of the Moon
28 07 Moon at apogee (404300 km)
29 21 Regulus 3.7° south of the Moon