THE MOON FLIES HIGH OVERHEAD ON THE EQUINOX [View all]
MOON AT HIGHEST POINT ON THE SPRING EQUINOX.
Do you know the old song, “How High The Moon”? Neither do I, it was before my time. But that would be a good tune this coming week. We’ll see the year’s highest Moon on the equinox. Welcome spring!
MARCH 19: MOON SHINES ABOVE MARS AND ALDEBARAN,
First things first. If it’s clear, look up this Friday night, March 19 at nightfall. The waxing crescent Moon is closely accompanied by two orange stars.
Crane your neck around an hour after sunset, and certainly before 9 PM.
First, find the fat crescent Moon. (It’s traveling in front of the constellation Taurus the Bull.)
Look to the right, just below the Moon. That bright orange “star” is the planet Mars, still bright and still managing to linger on after its super-brilliant close approach last fall.
Look to the lower left below the Moon. That other orange body dangling beneath the Moon, is a true star, the famous Aldebaran, which forms the angry eye of Taurus the Bull. It should appear a little brighter than Mars.
It’s a lovely three-way conjunction!
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