The Sky for the Month

The Sky over the Mornington Peninsula — March 2005

Computed for The Briars, Mt Martha. Times are local (Melbourne).

Highlights this month

  • 6SunThe Moon passes Mars — 4° apart. (5:49pm)
  • 13SunMercury at greatest evening elongation (18° from the Sun, mag −0.3) — best evening apparition. (5:12am)
  • 20SunMercury is stationary — begins retrograde (westward) motion. (2:51am)
  • 20SunAutumn equinox.
  • 22TueSaturn is stationary — resumes direct (eastward) motion. (10:33am)
  • 27SunThe Moon passes Jupiter — 0.9° apart. (1:52am)
  • 30WedMercury in inferior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (2:07am)
  • 31ThuVenus in superior conjunction with the Sun — lost in the glare. (1:07pm)

Sun & twilight

DateSunriseSunsetDay lengthAstro. dark beginsends
Tue 17:04am8:00pm12h 57m9:32pm5:31am
Thu 107:13am7:47pm12h 34m9:17pm5:43am
Sun 207:22am7:32pm12h 09m9:00pm5:54am
Thu 316:33am6:15pm11h 42m7:42pm5:05am

Days shorten by about 75 minutes over the month.

The Moon

  • Last QuarterFri 4, 4:43am
  • New MoonThu 10, 8:12pm
  • First QuarterFri 18, 6:24am
  • Full MoonSat 26, 7:59am

Perigee 8 Mar (362,900 km) · Apogee 20 Mar (405,100 km)

The planets

Rise/set for mid-month at The Briars.

PlanetInMagRiseTransitSetBest
MercuryPsc0.18:51am2:30pm8:09pmHidden
VenusAqr−3.86:57am1:16pm7:35pmHidden
MarsSgr1.12:25am9:41am4:58pmMorning
JupiterVir−2.28:31pm2:53am9:11amMorning
SaturnGem−0.24:28pm9:16pm2:08amEvening
UranusAqr6.05:56am12:28pm6:59pmHidden
NeptuneCap7.94:11am11:05am5:59pmMorning

The solar system — March 2005

Evening sky Morning sky Up much of the night Lost in the Sun’s glare

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Generated automatically from the MPAS sky engine on 15 July 2026.