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Tuesday, March 04, 2025

 

Thursday March 6 to Thursday March 13

The First Quarter Moon is Friday March 7. Venus is lost in the twilight. Jupiter and Mars are visible in the evening sky. Jupiter is past opposition and is visible all evening long. The Moon is close to Jupiter on the 6th. Mars is high in the early evening sky. The Moon is close to Mars on the 9th.

The New Moon is Friday February 28. 

 
North-western evening sky on Thursday, March 6 as seen from Adelaide at 21:13 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset), Jupiter is in the north-west near  the red star Aldebaran.

The inset is the telescope view of  Jupiter at this time.  (click to embiggen). 



 

 

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).

Northern sky on Sunday, March 9 as seen from Adelaide at 21:20 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen). Mars forms a triangle with Castor and Pollux. 
 
The inset is the telescope view of  Mars at this time.  (click to embiggen).

   


 

 

Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).
 
Whole sky on Saturday, Saturday, March 8 as seen from Adelaide at 21:20 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen).


Jupiter is in the north-west.  Mars is in the north. 
 
Orion  the hunter is high in the north-west.
 
The Southern Cross is rising in the Southern sky.  The moon is waxing and the fainter clusters and nebula are becoming harder to be seen..     

 

 Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).

 

 

Mercury is lost in the evening twilight.

Venus is lost in the twilight. 

Mars is high in the evening sky. Mars was at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on January the 16th. The Moon is close to Mars on the 9th.

Jupiter is high in the the north-western evening sky when the sky is fully dark. The Moon is close to Jupiter on the 6th.

Saturn is lost in the twilight.

Printable PDF maps of the Eastern sky at 10 pm AEST, Western sky at 10 pm AEST. For further details and more information on what's up in the sky, see Southern Skywatch.


 

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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