March 16, 2025: Daylight equals nighttime four days before the equinox. Mercury makes its last appearance for this apparition. Goodbye, Mercury!
Category: Sky Watching
2025, March 15-18: Bright Morning Moon Passes Spica
March 15-18, 2025: The bright waning gibbous moon passes Spica in the southwestern sky before sunrise.
2025, March 14: Venus, Mercury Departing Evening Sky
March 14: Venus and Mercury are rapidly departing the western evening sky. Jupiter and Mars are easily visible after nightfall.
2025, March 13-14: Worm Blood Moon
March 13-14, 2025: A lunar eclipse occurs overnight – a Worm Blood Moon.
2025, March 12: Venus-Mercury Conjunction, Saturn at Solar Conjunction
March 12, 2025: Venus passes Mercury after sunset – a Venus-Mercury conjunction. Saturn passes behind the sun, its solar conjunction.
2025, March 11: A Venus Double Play
March 11, 2025: Venus is quickly disappearing from the evening sky and beginning to appear as the Morning Star before it passes between Earth and Sun, a Venus double play.
2025, March 10-13: Waxing Moon Passes Regulus, Worm Moon Eclipse
March 10-13, 2025: The bright waxing moon passes Regulus after sunset. A total lunar eclipse occurs on the night of the Full Worm Moon.
2025, March 9: Four Planets Nightly, Daylight Saving Time Begins
March 9, 2025: Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars are visible after sunset nightly. The moon joins tonight’s parade. Daylight Saving Time Begins Today.
2025, March 8: Mercury at Greatest Elongation, Mars-Moon Conjunction
March 8, 2025: Mercury is at greatest elongation. Mars and the moon pair up after sundown, a Mars-Moon conjunction.
2025, March 7-9: Moon Passes Mars
March 7-9, 2025: The waxing gibbous moon approaches and passes Mars. The Red Planet, Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury are visible in an evening planet parade.