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Saturday, March 25, 2023, 8:00 PM

CANCELED! - Quarter Moon Star Party at Maturango - March

C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) and Cresecent Moon over Ridgecrest — Ralph Paonessa

CANCELED due to high winds.

* IMPORTANT: Please check here for POSSIBLE WEATHER CANCELLATIONS. *

For a detailed map of what's visible on the Moon this night, go to Derekscope Moon Phase Maps and click on the 4.5-day Moon.

Activity

CANCELED due to high winds.

~~Our Moon will be only a 4.4–day old thin crescent after the New Moon, with plenty of details visible along the terminator. It will be close to the western horizon by 11:00 PM.~~

~~The Pleiades star cluster puts in an appearance very close to the Moon. By next month, it will be disappearing into the sunset and won't be visible until next Winter.~~

Bright Venus will be easy to see, with nearby mag. 5.8 Uranus possible in our scopes as a pale, blue dot. Showpiece planets Jupiter and Saturn are too close to the Sun to see, but Mars will be overhead.