Astronomical events for March 2024: an equinox and a lunar eclipse – 2024-04-30 08:42:42

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2024-04-30 08:42:42

As always, the protagonist of the March astronomical events, will be the equinox that will begin spring in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the south. Yes, it seemed like we had two months of spring in the north; but, in reality, the day will officially begin March 20.

Shortly after, the March 25ththere will be a eclipse lunar. As is logical with these astronomical events, not the entire planet will be able to see it. It will only be visible in some places, but no problem, because there will surely be many photographs that everyone can enjoy.

Otherwise, the astronomical events of March are not particularly abundant, although, again, there will be some conjunctions that will make the event much more beautiful. sky observation. Even without them, any day is nice to look up and forget for a little while about the problems or chores we have here on Earth.

The king of March astronomical events

This month spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the south. As always, the starting signal for these stations will be equinox which will occur on the night of March 21, at 03:01 UTC (04:01 Spanish peninsular time).

During this day, the Sun will shine directly on the equator, so we will have very similar day and night durations.

Eclipse and Full Worm Moon

He March 25th The full Moon of these March astronomical events will occur. As always, it has a name derived from ancient Native American legends. In this case, it is called the Worm Moon, since at this time the ground, now without ice, began to soften, so the typical Earthworms.

But this time it is also a special day because a penumbral lunar eclipse will take place, in which the Moon will temporarily and partially hide as it passes through the partial shadow of the Earth. It can be seen completely throughout the American continent.

On the rest of the planet, there will be points, such as Spain, in which a part of the eclipse will be seen just when the Moon sets. In part of Australia it will happen when it rises over the horizon. And in other places they will have to make do with photos. In any case, whatever your case, on this NASA map you can check how the eclipse will look where you are.

Planets dance in the sky

As usually happens, the majority of conjunctions of these astronomical events will take place between the Moon and a planet in the solar system. Specifically, we can see it together with Mars and Venus on the 8th and with Jupiter on March 14.

However, on this occasion we will also enjoy a conjunction between Venus and Saturn, which will take place on March 22.

In short, these astronomical events are not marked by large meteor showers or other peculiar phenomena, but there is no shortage of dates to write down on the agenda. If you also enjoy looking at the sky, don’t forget any of them.

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