SkyCaramba

Mars at equinox.The moon hides the Pleiades.Mercury farthest from the sun.Venus goes retrograde.And there's an upcoming occultation of Jupiter. The moon will pass in front of the big planet. But you can also see Jupiter's four brightest moons get hidden too.

Neptune at opposition.Mercury passes Spica.Another daytime meteor shower. You may see some meteors early in the morning. But these meteors are mostly entering the atmosphere by day. Maybe you can listen for them on the radio.

The moon passes by Venus.Mercury makes headway into the evening.Mars is closest to Pollux.Southern lunistice and lunar apogee.Not everywhere gets 12 hours of sunlight on the equinox. Some places don't get exactly 12 hours at all--ever.

The moon at apogee and heading south.Uranus goes retrograde.Mercury moves toward Venus.What's in a name? Maybe a few thousand years of human oral history. It doesn't seem so now, but Milky Way and galaxy go back to the same origin when people described what they saw in the sky.

The moon passes by Saturn.Venus is at aphelion.The moon reaches its farthest north.Venus passes by Spica, whose light left the star around the time of the American Revolution.