March 28, 2021: The Worm Moon is in the east after sunset. Farther west, Mars marches eastward in Taurus. Use a binocular to see dimmer stars in the bright moonlight.
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2021, March 27: Bright Morning Planets, Bright Moon, Mars
March 27, 2021: Jupiter and Saturn are the bright morning planets in the southeast before sunrise. In the evening, the nearly full moon’s light nearly washes away the dimmer stars. It is in front of the stars of Virgo and to the lower left of Leo. Mars continues its eastward march in Taurus. Find the Red Planet in the west after sunset.
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2021, March 25: Jupiter, Saturn, Moon, Mars
March 25, 2021: Jupiter and Saturn continue to climb into the morning sky. Find them above the southeastern horizon before sunrise. The bright moon is in front of the stars of Leo after sunset, while Mars marches eastward in Taurus
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2021: June – August, Mars Joins Venus
Still low in the sky during brighter twilight, brilliant Venus moves through Cancer and Leo. Mars enters the scene (within 10°) as it moves toward its solar conjunction. As the ecliptic’s angle with the western horizon decreases, the Venusian setting time interval shrinks several minutes until late August. Venus passes the Red Planet (July 12) and Regulus (July 21). A binocular is needed to make observations of conjunctions with the dimmer stars.
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2021: Venus as an Evening Star – The Chart
Venus appears in the evening sky. The chart in this article displays the setting time of Venus compared to the sun, groupings with the Moon, and conjunctions with bright stars and planets.
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2021: Venus as an Evening Star
2021: Venus is the evening star that is visible in the west for the rest of the year beginning in late April. The crescent moon appears with Venus each month. Venus conjunctions occur with Mercury, Mars and bright stars.
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2021, March 24: Three Bright Planets, Bright Evening Moon
March 24, 2021: Jupiter and Saturn continue to slowly climb into the morning sky. Find them in the southeastern sky before sunrise. The bright, gibbous moon is high in the southeastern sky, near Regulus. As night falls the third bright planet, Mars, is in front of the starry background of Taurus.
Read more2021, March 23: Three Bright Planets, Evening Moon
March 23, 2021: Jupiter and Saturn continue to slowly climb into the morning sky. They are low in the southeastern sky before sunrise. Brighter Jupiter is to the lower left of Saturn. In the evening sky the bright gibbous moon is in Cancer to the lower left of the Gemini Twin Pollux. Mars is in Taurus near Tau Tauri.
Read more2021, March 22: Morning Planets, Evening Gibbous Moon, Mars
March 22, 2021: Jupiter and Saturn continue to slowly climb into the morning sky. Find them low in the southeastern sky before sunrise. After sunset, the bright gibbous moon is high in the southern sky near Pollux, one of the Gemini Twins. Mars is farther west in Taurus. It continues its eastward march through the starfields of the constellation.
Read more2021, March 21: Three Bright Planets, Evening Moon
March 21, 2021: Jupiter and Saturn are visible in the southeastern sky before sunrise. During the evening, the slightly gibbous moon is 25° to the upper left of Mars.
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