MARCH, 2021 SKYNOTES

The phenomena of the month : January 2021
Times are given in daylight time for SCARBOROUGH (0° 25' 5" W, 54° 16' 30" N, zone 0 = UNIVERSAL TIME).

Date Hour Description of the phenomenon
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2021 03 02 02:30 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 03 02 05:19 Moon at perigee (geocentric dist. = 365423 km)
2021 03 04 03:24 Beginning of occultation of 21-nu Lib (magn. = 5.19)
2021 03 04 04:14 End of occultation of 21-nu Lib (magn. = 5.19)
2021 03 04 11:44 Close encounter between Mars and the Pleiades (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 2.6°)
2021 03 04 14:11 Opposition of the asteroid 4 Vesta with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.345 AU; magn. = 6.0)
2021 03 04 15:51 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2021 03 04 23:20 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 03 05 04:30 Beginning of occultation of 9-omega1 Sco (magn. = 3.93)
2021 03 05 04:52 Beginning of occultation of 10-omega2 Sco (magn. = 4.31)
2021 03 05 05:34 End of occultation of 9-omega1 Sco (magn. = 3.93)
2021 03 05 05:55 Close encounter between Mercury and Jupiter (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 0.3°)
2021 03 05 06:05 End of occultation of 10-omega2 Sco (magn. = 4.31)
2021 03 05 15:48 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2021 03 06 00:04 Maximum of the variable star khi Cygni
2021 03 06 01:22 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2021 03 06 01:30 LAST QUARTER OF THE MOON
2021 03 06 12:00 GREATEST WESTERN ELONGATION of Mercury (27.3°)
2021 03 07 20:09 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 03 08 23:46 Close encounter between the Moon and Pluto (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 2.6°)
2021 03 09 23:46 Close encounter between the Moon and Saturn (topocentric dist. centre to centre= 4.2°)
2021 03 10 16:58 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 03 10 18:55 Close encounter between the Moon and Jupiter (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 4.4°)
2021 03 10 20:57 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2021 03 11 00:03 CONJUNCTION between Neptune and the Sun (geoc. dist. centre to centre = 1.1°)
2021 03 11 00:36 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2021 03 11 01:59 Close encounter between the Moon and Mercury (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 4.3°)
2021 03 13 05:36 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2021 03 13 10:21 NEW MOON
2021 03 13 13:47 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 03 14 02:00 Mercury at its aphelion (distance to the Sun = 0.46670 AU)
2021 03 16 09:23 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2021 03 16 10:37 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 03 17 03:52 Close encounter between the Moon and Uranus (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 3.3°)
2021 03 17 14:26 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2021 03 18 05:04 Moon at apogee (geocentric dist. = 405253 km)
2021 03 19 07:26 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 03 19 19:42 Close encounter between the Moon and Mars (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 2.3°)
2021 03 19 21:23 Close encounter between the Moon and Aldebaran (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 4.7°)
2021 03 20 09:37 SPRING EQUINOX
2021 03 20 09:49 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2021 03 21 00:34 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2021 03 21 14:40 FIRST QUARTER OF THE MOON
2021 03 21 18:11 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2021 03 22 04:15 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 03 24 07:21 Comet 10P Tempel at its perihelion (dist. to the Sun = 1.413 AU; magn. = 10.4)
2021 03 25 01:04 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 03 26 04:18 Close encounter between the Moon and Regulus (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 3.5°)
2021 03 26 06:53 SUPERIOR CONJUNCTION of Venus with the Sun (geoc. dist. centre to centre = 1.3°)
2021 03 27 02:58 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2021 03 27 14:03 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2021 03 27 19:28 End of occultation of 3-nu Vir (magn. = 4.04)
2021 03 27 21:54 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 03 28 18:48 FULL MOON
2021 03 30 03:29 Close encounter between Mercury and Neptune (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 1.3°)
2021 03 30 06:12 Moon at perigee (geocentric dist. = 360309 km)
2021 03 30 12:59 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2021 03 30 18:43 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2021 03 31 04:11 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini

Calculations courtesy of: CoelixApex software.