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Sky Chart For The Month of March, 2025

 

ASTRONOMICAL BULLETIN FOR MARCH 2025

The Moon 

First Quarter occurs on 06th at h. 22 - 02 I.S.T.

Full Moon occurs on 14th at h 12 - 25 I.S.T.

Last Quarter occurs on 22nd at h 16 - 59 I.S.T.

New Moon occurs on 29th at h 16 - 28 I.S.T.


The Lunar Crescent becomes first visible after the New Moon day in the evening of 1st and 30th.

The Moon is at Perigee or nearest to the Earth on 2nd and 30th and at Apogee or farthest from the Earth on 17th.

The Moon passes about ½0 south of Mercury on 1st, about 1½0 north of Neptune on 1st, about 6½0 south of Venus on 2nd, about 50 north of Uranus on 5th, about 5½0 north of Jupiter on 6th, about 1½0 north of Mars on 9th, about 20 north of Saturn on 28th, about 90 south of Venus on 28th, about 20 north of Neptune on 29th.

Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse: The Total lunar eclipse will occur on 14th. The eclipse begins at 10 - 39 I.S.T. and ends at 14 - 18 I.S.T. The eclipse will not be visible in India.

Solar Eclipse: The Partial solar eclipse will occur on 29th. The eclipse begins at 14-21 I.S.T and ends at 18-14 I.S.T.  The eclipse will not be visible in India.

The Earth

The Earth is at Vernal Equinox on 20th

The Planets

Visibility of Planets:

Mercury: The planet sets about 1 hour to 1½ hours after sunset upto first quarter of the month, about 1½ hours to 1 hours after it upto second quarter of the month, about 1 hour to ½ hour after sunset upto 18th of the month. From 19th planet is too close to the Sun to be visible. The planet approaches the Perihelion position on its orbit or reaches nearest to the Sun on 4th. It is in Greatest Eastern Elongation of about 18.2º from the Sun on 8th. The motion of the planet becomes Retrograde with respect to the Earth from 15th. The planet is in Inferior conjunction with Sun on 25th of the month.

Venus:  The planet sets about 2 hours to 1½ hours after sunset upto first quarter of the month, about 1½ hours to 1 hours after it upto 18th of the month. From 19th planet is too close to the Sun to be visible upto 22nd of the month. From 22nd it become visible in the western sky. The motion of the planet becomes Retrograde with respect to the Earth from 2nd. The planet is in Inferior conjunction with Sun on 23rd of the month.

Mars: The planet sets about 3 hours to 2½ hours after local midnight upto first quarter of the month, about 2½ hours to 2 hours after it upto third quarter of the month and about 2 hours to 1½ hour after it for the remaining days of the month.

JupiterThe planet sets about ½ hour after local midnight to close to local midnight time upto first quarter of the month, close to local midnight time to about ½ hour before it upto second quarter of the month, about ½ hour to 1 hour before it upto third quarter of the month and about 1 hour to 1½ hours before it for the remaining days of the month. The planet is in Quadrature with the Sun on 2nd.

Saturn: The planet sets about ½ hour after sunset upto third quarter of the month The planet is in conjunction with Sun on 12th of the month.

Uranus: The planet sets about 1 hour to 1½ hours before local midnight upto first quarter of the month, about 1½ hours to 2 hours before it upto second quarter of the month, about 2 hours to 2½ hours before it upto third quarter of the month and about 2½ hours to 3 hours before it for the remaining days of the month.

NeptuneThe planet sets about 1½ hours to 1 hour after sun set upto first quarter of the month, about 1 hour to ½ after it for the remaining days of the month. The planet is in conjunction with Sun on 20th of the month.

Conjunction of Planet:

Mercury passes about 2½0 north of Neptune on 3rd.

Mercury passes about 6½0 south of Venus on 9th.

Venus passes about 10½0 north of Saturn on 30th.

 

 

       Planets

Planets in Zodiacal Constellation

Magnitude

Mercury (Budha)

Remains in Pisces (Mina).

– 1.1 to +0.0

+0.0 to +4.0

+4.0 to +3.4

Venus (Sukra)

Remains in Pisces (Mina).

– 4.8 to – 4.2

Mars (Mangala)

Remains in Gemini (Mithuna).

–  0.3 to + 0.0

+ 0.0 to + 0.4

Jupiter (Brihaspati)

Remains in Taurus (Vrisha).

– 2.4 to – 2.2

Saturn (Sani)

Moves from Aquarius (Kumbha) to Pisces (Mina)on 29th.

+ 1.1 to + 1.2

Uranus

Moves from Aries (Mesha) to Taurus (Vrisha) on 18th.

+ 6.0

Neptune

Remains in Pisces (Mina).

+ 8.0

 

 

Source : : Head

Positional Astronomy Centre

India Meteorological Department

SaltLake, Kolkata - 700 091.