March Sky: 3/20-3/24 - beginning of spring! /
3 BLOOD MOONS ON PURIM, 3 years in a row!!!

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Night sky, March 2026: What you can see tonight [maps] LINK

On Friday, March 20, at 9:46 a.m. EDT or 6:46 a.m. PDT and 14:46 GMT, the sun will cross the celestial equator traveling north, marking the vernal equinox in the northern hemisphere and the beginning of northern spring. Days and nights will be of equal length on that day, and the sun will rise due east and set due west. At mid-northern latitudes on the March equinox, the amount of daylight added to each day peaks at 3 minutes, though daylight will continue to be added until the June solstice.



The western sky after sunset on Friday, March 20, will provide us with a spectacular sight and a lovely photo opportunity when the delicate sliver of the young crescent moon will shine above the brilliant planet Venus. Venus will sink below the rooftops first, at around 7:45 p.m. local time, the moon an hour later. Keep an eye out for Earthshine. Sometimes called the Ashen Glow or the Old Moon in the New Moon's Arms, the phenomenon is visible within a day or two of new moon, when sunlight reflected off Earth and back toward the moon slightly brightens the unlit portion of the moon's Earth-facing hemisphere.



The pretty, waxing crescent moon will shine halfway up the western sky after dusk on Sunday, March 22. If you place the moon at the bottom edge of the field of view of binoculars (orange circle), the bright Pleiades Star Cluster, aka Messier 45, Subaru, and the Seven Sisters will be arrayed near the top of the field. The cluster, which resembles a miniature dipper, will also appear to your unaided eyes. You might glimpse the blue-green speck of Uranus positioned off to their left. Those viewing the scene later, and in more westerly time zones, will see the moon closer to the cluster. The group will drop into the trees around 11 pm local time. Hours later, skywatchers located in the region surrounding Japan will see the moon skim through the northern edge of the cluster.



High in the western sky after dusk on Tuesday evening, March 24, the half-illuminated moon will shine very close to the bright star Elnath, which marks the northern horn tip of Taurus, the Bull and is also part of the ring-shaped constellation of Auriga, the Charioteer. During the night, the moon's steady eastward orbital motion around the Earth, by about its own diameter every hour, will carry it past the star. Observers located in a zone extending eastward across northeastern South America can use binoculars (orange circle) and backyard telescopes to watch the moon occult Elnath. Exact timings will vary by location, so use an app like Starry Night to determine the precise times where you live. In Georgetown, Guyana, the dark leading edge of the moon will cover Elnath at 6:50 p.m. Guyana Time, which converts to 22:50 GMT for other time zones. The star will emerge from behind the moon's opposite, bright limb near Mare Crisium at 8:14 p.m. GYT. For best results, start watching a few minutes ahead of each time noted.



NOTES:

You Need to Hear This, Update 21 - "21 signs!!"
(blue heaven; 3/3/26) LINK / LINK

2 "VERY HARD" knocks woke me up at 2:04 a.m.
on Saturday, 2/21/26! LINK

VERY HARD KNOCKS, Saturday (Jewish Sabbath) 2/21/26!!!! /
Numbers = "appointed times" (divine appointments) LINK

WARNINGS!!! 3 BLOOD MOONS ON PURIM 3 YEARS IN A ROW!
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