MARCH 2023 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart 16 10 Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon's limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. NASA / LRO 1 March 5 MOON PHASES MON SUN TUE 1 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 8 15 22 29 WED 2 9 16 23 30 THU 3 10 17 24 31 FRI 4 11 18 25 Zenith SAT FULL MOON March 7 12:40 UT NEW MOON March 21 17:23 UT DISTANCES Apogee 405,889 km Perigee 362,697 km Apogee LAST QUARTER L I March 15 02:08 UT FIRST QUARTER March 29 02:32 UT March 3, 18h UT Diameter 29′ 26″ March 19, 15h UT Diameter 32′ 57″ March 31, 11h UT 404,917 km Diameter 29′ 31″ FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS * Lyot Crater * Newton Crater * Lacus Veris * Stokes Crater March 1 March 5 March 10 March 16 42 MARCH 2023 * SKY & TELESCOPE Galaxy Double star 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. -1 1 2 3 4 P T I C 0° 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 ε ζ α α S E M51 17h 14h F a E C Moon Mar 6 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 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 δ γ Moon Mar 2 α F a F g n c i E N