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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: New Moon Tuesday March 21st ~ constellation Pisces
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Earth in constellation Virgo Sun in constellation Pisces EXCERPT: New Moon This event is not observable at presen. Never attempt to point a pair of binoculars or a telescope at an object close to the Sun TUE, 21 MAR 2023 AT 13:24 EDT (17:24 UTC) Dominic Ford, Editor From the Moon feed The Moon will pass close to the Sun and become lost in the its glare for a few days. The Moon's orbital motion carries it around the Earth once every four weeks, and as a result its phases cycle from new moon, through first quarter, full moon and last quarter, back to new moon once every 29.5 days. This motion also means that the Moon travels more than 12° across the sky from one night to the next, causing it to rise and set nearly an hour later each day. More information about the Moon's phases is available here. At new moon, the Earth, Moon and Sun all lie in a roughly straight line, with the Moon in the middle, appearing in front of the Sun's glare. In this configuration, we see almost exactly the opposite half of the Moon to that which is illuminated by the Sun, making it doubly unobservable because the side we see is unilluminated. At the moment of closest approach, it will pass within 2°52' of the Sun, in the constellation Pisces. The celestial coordinates of the Sun and Moon will be: Object Right Ascension Declination Constellation Angular Size The Moon 00h06m20s 2°25'S Pisces 32'38" Sun (centre) 00h01m +00°12' Pisces 32'06" |
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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: New Moon Tuesday March 21st ~ constellation Pisces
URL: https://www.space.com/17561-new-moon-explained-lunar-phases.html
 An illustration of the night sky on March 21 showing the new moon moving in concert with the sun. (Image credit: Starry Night Education) |
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