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NEW moon occurs on March 6d. l0h. 34m. U.T., and full moon on March 21d. 22h. 08m. Conjunctions with the moon are as follows : March 3d. 03h., Mars 3°S. ; March 4d. 19h., Mercury 2° S. ; March 8d. 08h., Venus 3° N. ; March 12d. 11h., Saturn 4° N. ; March 15d. 18h., Jupiter 4° N. ; March 31d. 22h., Mars 2° S. Occultations of stars brighter than magnitude 6 are as follows : March 12d. 16h. 40.2m., a Tauri (D) ; March 12d. 17h. 51.8s., a Tauri (R) ; March 17d. 22h. 43s., o1 Cancri (D) ; March 17d. 23h. 03m., o2 Cancri (D). The times are given for Greenwich, and D and R refer to disappearance and reappearance respectively. Mercury is a morning star at the beginning of the month. Venus is a conspicuous evening star and sets about 2h. 40m. after the sun in the middle of the month. Jupiter souths at 19h. 36m. in the middle of the month and is visible for the greater part of the night. Saturn is becoming an evening star and sets about midnight towards the end of the month. Vernal equinox commences on March 21d. 12h.
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The Night Sky in March. Nature 151, 249 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151249a0
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