2026 March Astronomy Highlights

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Your guide to the night sky this month,
and a guide for binoculars, and telescope deaf owners,
compiled by Derek Rowley
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2026 March

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All the times are shown in Universal Times (UT),
applicable for Milton Keynes.

Sunday 1st

• Ganymede is in transit, in eclipse

Monday 2nd

• Moon near Regulus.

Tuesday 3rd

• Full Moon (Total Lunar Eclipse ~ not visible from the UK.)

Wed 4th – Wed 11th

• Deneb lies due North.

Friday 6th

• Moon forms triangle with Porrima and Spica.

Saturday 7th

• Mercury at inferior solar conjunction.

Saturday 7th – Monday 9th

• Venus & Saturn close together for three row twilight skies.

Tuesday 10th

• The Moon at apogee.

Wednesday 11th

• Jupiter ends retrograde motion.

Thursday 12th

• Last Quarter Moon

Tuesday 17th

• Double transits involving Io and Callisto are naturally rare!Conjunction of the Moon and Venus!

Friday 20th

• Conjunction of the Moon and Venus.

Friday 20th

• Spring Equinox

Sunday 22nd

• Mercury at highest attitude in the early morning.

Sunday 22nd

• The Moon at perigee.

Wednesday 25th

• Lunar V and X

Wednesday 25th

• Last Quarter Moon

Thursday 26th

• Mars at perihelion.

Thursday 26th

• Conjunction of the Moon & Jupiter – Ganymede reappears

Friday 27th thru Saturday 28th

• The Moon closes the well-known Messier 44 (The Beehive Cluster).

Sat 28th thru Sun 29th

• The Golden / Jewelled handle

Sunday 29th

• The Moon occults Regulus in Leo

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