MARCH 2022 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart 24 March 5 8 Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon's limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. NASA / LRO 18 MOON PHASES MON SUN 1 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 8 15 22 29 TUE 2 9 16 23 30 WED 3 10 17 24 31 THU 4 11 18 25 FRI 5 12 19 26 Zenith SAT L I NEW MOON March 2 17:35 UT FULL MOON March 18 07:18 UT DISTANCES Apogee 404,268 km Perigee 369,760 km FIRST QUARTER March 10 10:45 UT 0° LAST QUARTER March 25 05:37 UT March 10, 23h UT Diameter 29′ 34″ March 24, 00h UT Diameter 32′ 19″ FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS * Beals Crater * Neper Crater * Guthnick Crater * Pascal Crater March 5 March 8 March 18 March 24 42 MARCH 2022 * SKY & TELESCOPE Galaxy Double star -1 1 2 3 4 Planet location shown for mid-month USING THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE MAP Go out within an hour of a time listed to the right. Turn the map around so the yellow label for the direction you're facing is at the bottom. That's the horizon. The center of the map is overhead. Ignore the parts of the map above horizons you're not facing. Exact for latitude 40°N. P T I Moon Mar 17 C c i n g 8 LEO MINOR COMA BERENICES E g -1 0 1 2 3 4 a Galaxy Double star Variable star Open cluster Diffuse nebula Globular cluster Planetary nebula Galaxy Double star Variable star Open cluster Diffuse nebula Globular cluster Planetary nebula ε ζ α α S E M51 17h 14h F a E C M48 11h F a γ r o N 0h α Big Dipper URSA MAJOR Mizar & Alcor Thuban DRACO URSA MINOR β h t α CANES VENAT ICI CANCER α α NX Alphard SEXTANS HYDRA LEO ι µ β ψ γ ε ζ η ν BOÖTES HERCULES M44 M67 ANTL IA Pol PYXI S γ Moon Mar 13 α β ζ VELA CRATER c i n g γ CORVUS V IRGO s t M81 M82 Sickle γ α Regulus β β β γ M3 β α ε η τ ε α γ c i n a Arcturus δ α δ ζ η β γ ζ δ β θ ε β ι γ δ α F a F g n c i E N