Three planets Venus, Jupiter and Mars are visible in the evening sky these days. Immediately after sunset, Venus and Jupiter can be seen in the sky in the same direction, and Mars remains in the sky for several hours, according to the astronomical calendar published by the Astronomical Observatory of Admiral Vasile Urceanu.

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The moon is visible in the evening sky, but it rises later and later.

On March 7, the full moon phase occurs, when the moon is visible all night.

Planets in the sky

In the evening, Venus and Jupiter are visible in the west, and Mars is visible higher in the sky.

Venus and Jupiter are visible in the sky in the same direction as two very bright stars.

Look west at about 19, not too high above the horizon, and you’ll see them. Venus is the upper one, brighter than Jupiter. If you observe every day, you will see the two planets moving away from each other. Jupiter descends as it approaches the Sun, and Venus ascends.

Mars is in the sky and visible longer than Venus and Jupiter. Look for it in the west around 10:00 p.m., but you need to identify the constellations to find it. Look to the southwest about 10 o’clock, in which direction you can see three stars of equal brightness in a line. This is Orion’s belt. From these, look up to the left until you come across a bright star, Betelgeuse.

From Betelgeuse, go to the upper right corner until you reach a non-blinking orange star flanked by two stars. You have found the planet Mars.

March sky

Gemini is the constellation of March. It is on the meridian in the evening, and the two bright stars, Castor and Pollux, can be easily identified as two stars of equal brightness, one below the other, to the south almost overhead. Orion and Sirius are in the southwest.

Orient the map with the western horizon down and look west at the sky. The brightest stars you can see are Capella (top) and Aldebaran. I am part of the crowd of bright stars in the sky on March evenings.

Gemini is at the top of an arc of constellations that are easy to identify: Canis Minor, Orion, Chariot, Taurus, and Perseus. Don’t forget the winter triangle formed by the stars Sirius, Procyon and Betelgeuse.

A large hexagon of bright stars can be seen in the evening sky: starting from Sirius, rising to Pollux, Castor, rising to Capella, descending to Aldebaran, to Rigel and back to Sirius.

Spring constellations are already visible in the east. Leo with its brightest star, Regulus, and part of Virgo in the east.

To see another bright star, stretch the Ursa Major line to the northeast. You will meet Arcturus in Volopas. At the time for which the chart is drawn, there are two bright planets in the sky: Venus in Pisces and Mars in Taurus.

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