By Matt Woods
All five naked-eye planets can be glimpsed in the morning sky. Mercury is low in the east, moving from Capricornus (The Sea-Goat) to the constellation of Aquarius (The Water Bearer) in the second week of the month. It’ll then disappear into the twilight after that. Venus is in the east and it moves from the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer) into the constellation of Capricornus in the second week of the month. In the first half of the month, Venus passes close to Mars and in the last week of March, Venus passes close to Saturn. At the beginning of March, Venus will rise at 02:40 am (AWST) and at the end of the month it will rise at 2:50 am (AWST). Venus will also have its greatest elongation in the East on the 20th of March. Mars is in the east and it will move from the constellation of Sagittarius into the constellation of Capricornus at the end of the first week of the month. At the beginning of March, Mars will rise at 02:32 am (AWST) and at the end of the month it will rise at 2:22 am (AWST). Jupiter is low in the east in the constellation of Aquarius in the second half of the month. By the end of March, Jupiter will rise at 04:57 am (AWST). Saturn is in the east in the constellation of Capricornus the whole of March. At the beginning of March, Saturn will set at 09:39 am (AWST) and by the end of the month, it will set at 07:45 pm (AWST). Uranus can be found in the evening sky in the constellation of Aries (The Ram). At the beginning of March, Uranus will set at 09:39 am (AWST) and by the end of the month, it will set at 07:45 pm (AWST). On the 28th and 29th of March there will be a conjunctions of the Moon, Venus, Mars and Saturns in the early morning.
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What’s In March’s Skies
