Wednesday, March 02, 2022
Thursday March 3 to Thursday March 10
The New Moon is Thursday March 3, the First Quarter Moon is Thursday March 10. Mars is readily visible in the morning sky just above bright Venus. During the week the pair come closer. On the 3rd Mercury and Saturn are very close, fitting within a medium power telescope eye piece. Then Saturn rises towards Venus.
The New Moon is Thursday March 3, the First Quarter Moon is Thursday March 10. The Moon is at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on the 11th.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent
local time (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen). the inset shows the approximate binocular view of the pair.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).
Elsewhere
in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent
time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury On the 3rd Mercury and Saturn are very
close, fitting within a medium power telescope eye piece. Mercury then sinks towards the horizon, as Saturn climbs towards Venus
Venus is high in the morning twilight and is moving closer to Mars.
Star Map via Virtual sky. Use your mouse to scroll around and press 8 when your pointer is in the map to set to the current time.
Cloud cover predictions can be found at SkippySky.
Here is the near-real time satellite view of the clouds (day and night) http://satview.bom.gov.au/
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