StarDial for March 2000,ce
Jehana

Sat Mar  4 19:03:51 2000
StarDial for March 2000, ce*p*  Mar 01 - Asteroid 1999 NC43 Near-Earth Flyby (0.314 AU)*br*  Mar 01 - Mercury is in inferior conjunction at 10 am, EST (Eastern Standard Time).*p*  Mar 02 - Moon Occults Neptune (0.4 degrees south of Neptune, at 7 pm).*p*  Mar 03 - Asteroid 5604 1992 FE Near-Earth Flyby (0.2176 AU)*p*  Mar 04 - Moon Occults Venus*p*  Mar 06 - Dark Moon happens at 12:17 am.*p*  Mar 08 - Asteroid Eunomia At Opposition at 6 am.  *br*  Mar 08 - The Moon passes 5 degrees south of Mars at 9 am.*p*  Mar 09 - Asteroid 69 Hesperia At Opposition (10.5 Magnitude)*br*  Mar 09 - The moon passes 4 degrees north of Jupiter at noon.*p*  Mar 10 - The Moon passes 3 degrees south of Saturn at 4 am.*p*  Mar 12 - Asteroid 1865 Cerberus Closest Approach To Earth (0.440 AU)*p*  Mar 13 - First quarter Moon at 2 am.  *p*  Mar 14 - Asteroid 1998 SD15 Near-Earth Flyby (0.337 AU)*br*  Mar 14 - Good ol' Luna finds herself at perigee (229,617 miles from Earth) at 6:40.*p*  Mar 15 - Asteroid 1999 TC5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.339 AU)*br*  Mar 15 - Asteroid 1999 TK12 Closest Approach To Earth (0.426 AU)*p*  Mar 16 - Mercury Passes 2.1 Degrees From Venus*p*  Mar 16 - 25th Anniversary (1975), Mariner 10, 3rd Mercury Flyby*p*  Mar 18 - Comet P/2000 C1 (Hergenrother) Closest Approach To Earth (1.111 AU)*br*  Mar 18 - Comet P/2000 C1 (Hergenrother) Perihelion (2.100 AU)*p*  Mar 18 - 35th Anniversary (1965), 1st Spacewalk, Leonov On Voshkhod 2*p*  Mar 19 - Asteroid 1991 DB Near-Earth Flyby (0.102 AU)*br*  Mar 19 - Asteroid 2000 CO101 Near-Earth Flyby (0.162 AU)*br*  Mar 19 - The Moon is Full at 11:44 pm.*p*  Mar 20 - Vernal Equinox, 07:25 UT, 2:35 am EST.  Go ahead & try standing those eggs!*p*  Mar 21 - Comet Clark Closest Approach To Earth (1.755 AU)*br*  Mar 21 - 35th Anniversary (1965), Ranger 9 Launch (Moon Impact Mission)*p*  Mar 22 - Asteroid Ceres is at opposition at 4 am, according to Astronomy Magazine.  *p*  Mar 23 - 35th Anniversary (1965), Gemini 3 Launch*p*  Mar 25 - 345th Anniversary (1655), Huygens Discovery Of Saturn Moon Titan*p*  Mar 26 - Daylight Saving - Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (Europe)*br*  Mar 26 - Asteroid 1992 FL1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.493 AU)*p*  Mar 27 - Asteroid 1994 QC Near-Earth Flyby (0.283 AU)*br*  Mar 27 - Luna is at apogee (251,138 miles from Earth) at 12:20 pm.*p*  Mar 28 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (27.8 Degrees), at 4 pm.*br*  Mar 28 - Asteroid 1 Ceres At Opposition (7.0 Magnitude), according to the Space Calendar.  *p*  Mar 30 - Moon Occults Neptune, 5 am.*p*  Mar 31 - Moon Occults Uranus, 7 pm.  *p**br*I'll find the time to dig up the poop on Ceres and post it before the actual event.  *br*Ceres, by the way, was the first asteroid ever discovered.  -- Jehana.*p**br*Resources:  *p*  Space Calendar:      http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/*br*  Astronomy Magazine:  http://www.astronomy.com/*br*