March 2021 Sky 2 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 5:17 UT (distance 365,423 km; angular size 32.7'). 2 Moon near Spica at 12h UT (morning sky). • Spica (Wikipedia) 4 Mars 2.6° SE of the Pleiades at 16h UT (evening sky). Mag. 1.0. 5 Mercury 0.3° N of Jupiter at 7h UT...

  Mars 2020 Rover Landing   The NASA Perseverance rover is expected to land on Mars this Thursday, February 18, around 12:55 p.m. PST.  The Mars 2020 Rover main mission is to seek possible signs of ancient life on Mars while collecting...

February 2021 Sky 3 Moon near Spica at 6h UT (morning sky). • Spica (Wikipedia) 3 Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 18:48 UT (distance 370,116 km; angular size 32.3'). 4 Last Quarter Moon at 17:38 UT. 6 Moon near Antares at 12h UT (morning sky). • Antares (Wikipedia) 8 Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 14h...

January 2021 Sky 2 Earth at Perihelion (closest to Sun) at 14h UT. The Sun-Earth distance is 0.983257 a.u. or 147.1 million kilometers. • Sun at Aphelion and Perihelion (Anthony Ayiomamitis) 3 Moon near Regulus at 2h UT (morning sky). • Regulus (Wikipedia) 3 Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks at 14h UT. Active between December...