Astronomical phenomena March 2016.

2016 is full of surprises for observers worldwide. A lot of events will take place this year from occultations to eclipses.

Take your binoculars or telescope from the closet, because surely, in 2016 you will not have too many pauses between the events that will unfold in the sky.

Astronomical Calendar March 2015 astronomical events.


March.
►02 March 2016 - Comet 194P / LINEAR reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 8.01-year orbit. Its return was observed 2 times.

►02 March 2016 - the last quarter moon. at 1:11.

►06 March 2016 - Comet D / Denning (1894 F1) reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 8.01-year orbit. Her return has been seen 1 times.

►07 March 2016 - Comet P / PanSTARRS Lemmon (2015 TO 19) reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 8.30-year orbit. Its return has been seen 1 times.

►08 March 2016 - Jupiter in opposition. Jupiter will be closest to Earth and its face will be fully illuminated by the sun. An opposition happens when a planet is at an elongation of 180 ° and thus appears opposite the Sun in the sky. This is the best time to observe Jupiter.

►09 March 2016 - Comet P / SOHO (2003 T12 = 2012 A3) reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 4.12-year orbit. Its return was observed 2 times.

►09 March 2016 - total solar eclipse, 3:57, mag = 1.045. Total solar eclipse will be visible from Svalbard and the Faroe Islands. The eclipse will be partial to the people of South and East Asia, Pacific and Indian Ocean.

►09 March 2016 - New Moon. The moon will be directly between the Earth and Sun and will not be visible from Earth. This phase occurs at 3:54.

►10 March 2016 - Comet P / iKey-Murakami (2010 V1) reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 5.40-year orbit. Its return has been seen 1 times.

►10 March 2016 - Comet PanSTARRS (2014 W2) reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a known orbit. Its return was seen 0 times.
►10 March 2016 - The moon reaches perigee, the closest point to Earth (359509 km from Earth) at 9:02.

►14 March 2016 - Aldebaran 0.3 ° S Moon at 15:44.

►15 March 2016 - the first quarter of the moon. at 19:03.

►17 March 2016 - Comet 127P / Holt-Olmstead reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 6.41-year orbit. Its return was observed 4 times.

►17 March 2016 - Comet 252P / LINEAR reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 5.34-year orbit. Its return was observed 2 times.

►20 March 2016 - Venus at aphelion. The planet will be at its farthest point from the Sun at 16:00.

►20 March 2016 - March equinox (spring). March equinox occurs at 18:57. Sun will shine directly on the equator and the days and nights are almost equal worldwide. This is also the first day of spring (vernal equinox) in the northern hemisphere and the first day of fall (autumnal equinox) in the southern hemisphere.

►23 March 2016 - the penumbra lunar eclipse, at 13:47, mag = 0.775. Earth will be between the Sun and the Moon and the Earth's shadow will cover the lunar disk. This eclipse of the moon will be visible from most of Asia, North America, South America, Australia, the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans.

►23 March 2016 - Full moon. Earth will be between the Sun and Moon, and therefore, the Moon will be fully illuminated as seen from Earth. This phase occurs at 14:02.

►23 March 2016 - Mercury in superior conjunction 22:00.

►25 March 2016 - Moon at apogee. The moon reaches the furthest point from the Earth (406125 km from Earth) at 16:16.

►26 March 2016 - Comet 104P / Kowal reaches perihelion, the closest position of the sun. It has a 5.89-year orbit. Its return was observed 5 times.

►31 March 2016 - the last quarter The moon. at 17:17.


Legend:
-Perihelion-position in the orbit of a planet closest to the Sun.
-Aphelion - position in the orbit of a planet farthest from the Sun.
-Perigee -  the position of the Moon closest to Earth.
-Apogee -  the position of the Moon farthest to Earth.
-Inferior Conjunction - Mercury or Venus passing between the Earth and Sun.
-Superior Conjunction - Mercury or Venus passes on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth.
-Greatest elongation - elongation is the angle between the Sun and a planet as seen from Earth, during eastern elongation (E), the planet appears as an evening star, during western elongation (W), the planet appears as a morning star.
-Opposition - position in the orbit of a planet when opposites the Sun as seen from Earth.
-Conjunction - position in the orbit of a planet when appears closer to the Sun as seen from Earth.
-Occultation - Moon occults or eclipses a star or a planet.
-Ascending Node - the point where a planet passes from the southern to the northern part of its orbit.
-Descending Node - the point where a planet passes from the northern to the southern side of its

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