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SkyWatch: March 2026
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Dates and times are Universal Time |
Location Information for Rise/Set times
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Sun Information
Currently (Sat, 2026 Mar 21 14:08 UT)
RA 00 01 53.7Dec +00 12 18.6
X 0.996132
Y 0.009653
Z 0.004182
R 0.996187
Local time for sunrise/sunset/twilight
Nautical Twilight (NT): Sun 12º below horizon
Astronomical Twilight (AT): Sun 18º below horizon
| Local Date | AT Start | NT Start | CT Start | Sun Rise | Sun Set | CT End | NT End | AT End |
| 2026 Mar 20 | 04:30 | 05:02 | 05:33 | 06:00 | 18:11 | 18:38 | 19:09 | 19:41 |
| 2026 Mar 21 | 04:28 | 05:00 | 05:32 | 05:58 | 18:12 | 18:39 | 19:10 | 19:42 |
| 2026 Mar 22 | 04:27 | 04:59 | 05:30 | 05:57 | 18:13 | 18:40 | 19:11 | 19:43 |
Moon Information
Currently (Sat, 2026 Mar 21 14:08 UT)
RA 02 03 04.1Selected Positions for March 2026
Dec +17 06 27.7
Phase 0.087 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.995 degrees
Diameter 32.52 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 30ELocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2026 Mar 20 06:39 13:28 21:04 2026 Mar 21 06:39 13:28 20:32 2026 Mar 22 07:08 14:21 21:49 Phases for 2026
New First Full Last
Nov 20 2025 06:48 Nov 28 2025 07:00 Dec 04 2025 23:15 Dec 11 2025 20:52
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Dec 20 2025 01:44 Dec 27 2025 19:11 Jan 03 2026 10:04 Jan 10 2026 15:49
Jan 18 2026 19:53 Jan 26 2026 04:48 Feb 01 2026 22:10 Feb 09 2026 12:44
Feb 17 2026 12:02 Feb 24 2026 12:28 Mar 03 2026 11:39 Mar 11 2026 09:39
Mar 19 2026 01:24 Mar 25 2026 19:18 Apr 02 2026 02:12 Apr 10 2026 04:52
Apr 17 2026 11:52 Apr 24 2026 02:32 May 01 2026 17:24 May 09 2026 21:11
May 16 2026 20:01 May 23 2026 11:12 May 31 2026 08:45 Jun 08 2026 10:01
Jun 15 2026 02:54 Jun 21 2026 21:56 Jun 29 2026 23:57 Jul 07 2026 19:30
Jul 14 2026 09:44 Jul 21 2026 11:06 Jul 29 2026 14:36 Aug 06 2026 02:22
Aug 12 2026 17:37 Aug 20 2026 02:47 Aug 28 2026 04:19 Sep 04 2026 07:52
Sep 11 2026 03:27 Sep 18 2026 20:44 Sep 26 2026 16:49 Oct 03 2026 13:26
Oct 10 2026 15:50 Oct 18 2026 16:13 Oct 26 2026 04:12 Nov 01 2026 20:29
Nov 09 2026 07:02 Nov 17 2026 11:48 Nov 24 2026 14:54 Dec 01 2026 06:09
Dec 09 2026 00:52 Dec 17 2026 05:43 Dec 24 2026 01:29 Dec 30 2026 19:00
Jan 07 2027 20:25 Jan 15 2027 20:35 Jan 22 2027 12:18 Jan 29 2027 10:56Planet Information
Currently (Sat, 2026 Mar 21 14:08 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 00 01 53.7 +00 12 18.6
Opposition 12 01 53.7 -00 12 18.6 180E 18:07 00:04 06:00
Mercury 22 37 57.4 -07 45 14.7 22W 05:02 10:34 15:53
Venus 01 08 53.4 +06 24 16.5 18E 06:54 13:11 19:28
Mars 23 04 39.8 -07 04 56.0 16W 05:27 11:05 16:51
Jupiter 07 04 50.2 +22 57 55.0 104E 11:53 19:09 02:25
Saturn 00 17 36.3 -00 24 31.3 4E 06:28 12:22 18:17
Uranus 03 43 01.6 +19 32 10.5 57E 08:45 15:48 22:50
Neptune 00 07 23.2 -00 37 24.6 2E 06:18 12:12 18:07
Pluto 20 32 03.5 -22 53 40.9 56W 03:46 08:26 12:58
Mar 01 2026 Mar 16 2026 Mar 31 2026
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Sun 22 46 17.8 -07 48 06.8 23 41 48.2 -01 58 10.2 01 35 08.0 +09 54 56.6
Opposition 10 46 17.8 +07 48 06.8 180E 11 41 48.2 +01 58 10.2 180E 13 35 08.0 -09 54 56.6 180E
Mercury 23 23 57.7 -00 18 01.3 12E 22 40 17.2 -06 03 32.8 16W 00 07 18.8 -02 03 19.8 25W
Venus 23 35 55.2 -04 04 57.0 13E 00 43 55.3 +03 36 52.3 16E 03 08 41.3 +17 51 42.6 24E
Mars 22 03 44.0 -13 03 36.3 12W 22 48 32.6 -08 44 47.5 15W 00 17 52.7 +00 52 09.2 21W
Jupiter 07 04 48.0 +22 56 50.0 125E 07 04 15.0 +22 58 32.8 110E 07 12 38.7 +22 46 12.7 81E
Saturn 00 08 23.7 -01 24 46.9 21E 00 15 05.6 -00 40 48.0 8E 00 29 12.5 +00 49 09.1 19W
Uranus 03 40 31.5 +19 23 37.2 77E 03 42 13.7 +19 29 29.0 63E 03 47 43.2 +19 47 32.6 33E
Neptune 00 04 35.3 -00 55 38.6 21E 00 06 37.3 -00 42 21.4 6E 00 10 52.0 -00 15 12.4 23W
Pluto 20 29 56.8 -22 57 39.3 36W 20 31 32.9 -22 54 30.0 51W 20 33 45.1 -22 52 35.3 81W