Sky Update 3/09
Galileo says: "Here are some stellar reasons to look to the sky this month"
8 — Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m.
The planet Saturn reaches opposition today, its closest point to Earth in 2009, 781 million miles away. Look for a bright yellow “star” rising in the east as darkness falls.
10 — Full moon — called the Lenten Moon, Sap Moon, Crow Moon or Worm Moon
20 — March Equinox — marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere (5:45 a.m.).
27 — Venus passes inferior conjunction, moving from our evening sky into our morning sky. Goodbye “evening star” — hello “morning star!”
–Sources: Astronomical Calendar 2009 by Guy Ottewell; Observers Handbook 2009 by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada