Upcoming Astronomical Events
7th February 2012Full Moon
9th February 2012Venus lies close to Uranus (early evening) - Moon lies close to Mars (late evening)
10th February 2012Comet C/2006 T1 levy lies close to M79 in Lepus (evening)
12th February 2012Moon forms a straight line with Spica and Saturn (just before dawn)
13th February 2012Moon lies south of Saturn (morning)
15th February 2012Last Quarter Moon
23rd February 2012Crescent moon lies above Mercury (evening twilight)
25th February 2012Crescent Moon lies above Venus (evening)
26th February 2012moon forms a shadow triangle with Jupiter and Venus (evening)
27th February 2012Mooon lies above Jupiter (evening)
28th February 2012The Moon lies below M45 (evening)
29th February 2012Moon lies above Aldebaron and Hyades cluster (evening)
1st March 2012First Quarter Moon
3rd March 2012Mars at opposition (visible all night)
4th March 2012Best evening apparition o fMercury for the year close to Uranus (twilight)
5th March 2012Moon occults Acubens (Alpha Cancri) (late evening) - Mars closest to Earth (evening)
8th March 2012Full Moon
10th March 2012Moon lies to the right of Spica and Saturn in Virgo (morning)
11th March 2012Moon forms a triangle with Saturn and Spica (morning)
13th March 2012Jupiter and Venus appear closest (evening)
15th March 2012Last Quarter Moon - Jupiter and Venus in conjunction (evening)
16th March 2012Mars lies close to galaxy M96 in Leo (evening)
20th March 2012Vernal Equinox
22nd March 2012New Moon
25th March 2012British Summer Time begins - Crescent moon close to Jupiter (evening)
26th March 2012Crescent Moon close to Venus (evening)
27th March 2012Moon lies between M45 and the Hyades cluster (evening) - Venus at greatest eastern elongation