Tuesday, March 07, 2023
Thursday March 9 to Thursday March 16
The Last Quarter Moon is Wednesday, March 15. Jupiter and Venus are drawing apart after their close approach last week as Jupiter descends into the twilight. Mercury is lost in the twilight and Saturn is low in the twilight. Bright Mars, the star Elnath and Zeta Taurii the stars that form the tips of the Horns of the Bull, form a line.
The Last Quarter Moon is Wednesday, March 15.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent
local time (45 minutes before sunrise).
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset).
Evening sky on Saturday, March 11 as seen from Adelaide at 21:06 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset (click
to embiggen). Mars, the star Elnath and Zeta Taurii the stars that form the tips of the Horns of the Bull, form a line.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).
Between the bright star
Canopus and the Southern Cross are another wealth of binocular objects to
discover.
Elsewhere
in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury is lost in the morning twilight.
Venus climbs higher in the twilight and pulls away from Jupiter.
Mars the star Elnath and Zeta Taurii the stars that form the tips of the Horns of the Bull, form a line.
Jupiter is now sinking to the west in the twilight.
Saturn enters the morning skies but is hard to see low in the twilight.
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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