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SkyWatch: March 2025
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Dates and times are Universal Time |
Location Information for Rise/Set times
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Sun Information
Currently (Mon, 2025 Mar 03 21:23 UT)
RA 22 57 33.0Dec -06 39 16.4
X 0.949228
Y -0.262903
Z -0.113969
R 0.991535
Local time for sunrise/sunset/twilight
Nautical Twilight (NT): Sun 12º below horizon
Astronomical Twilight (AT): Sun 18º below horizon
| Local Date | AT Start | NT Start | CT Start | Sun Rise | Sun Set | CT End | NT End | AT End |
| 2025 Mar 02 | 04:59 | 05:30 | 06:00 | 06:27 | 17:54 | 18:20 | 18:51 | 19:22 |
| 2025 Mar 03 | 04:57 | 05:28 | 05:59 | 06:26 | 17:55 | 18:21 | 18:52 | 19:23 |
| 2025 Mar 04 | 04:56 | 05:27 | 05:57 | 06:24 | 17:56 | 18:22 | 18:53 | 19:24 |
Moon Information
Currently (Mon, 2025 Mar 03 21:23 UT)
RA 02 12 20.3Selected Positions for March 2025
Dec +16 51 15.6
Phase 0.203 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 1.002 degrees
Diameter 32.75 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 49ELocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2025 Mar 02 07:51 14:33 22:05 2025 Mar 03 07:51 14:33 21:30 2025 Mar 04 08:20 15:25 22:48 Phases for 2025
New First Full Last
Dec 01 2024 06:22 Dec 08 2024 15:28 Dec 15 2024 09:03 Dec 22 2024 22:19
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Dec 30 2024 22:28 Jan 06 2025 23:57 Jan 13 2025 22:27 Jan 21 2025 20:31
Jan 29 2025 12:36 Feb 05 2025 08:03 Feb 12 2025 13:54 Feb 20 2025 17:33
Feb 28 2025 00:45 Mar 06 2025 16:32 Mar 14 2025 06:55 Mar 22 2025 11:30
Mar 29 2025 10:58 Apr 05 2025 02:15 Apr 13 2025 00:22 Apr 21 2025 01:36
Apr 27 2025 19:31 May 04 2025 13:53 May 12 2025 16:56 May 20 2025 11:59
May 27 2025 03:02 Jun 03 2025 03:42 Jun 11 2025 07:44 Jun 18 2025 19:20
Jun 25 2025 10:32 Jul 02 2025 19:31 Jul 10 2025 20:37 Jul 18 2025 00:38
Jul 24 2025 19:11 Aug 01 2025 12:42 Aug 09 2025 07:55 Aug 16 2025 05:13
Aug 23 2025 06:07 Aug 31 2025 06:26 Sep 07 2025 18:09 Sep 14 2025 10:34
Sep 21 2025 19:54 Sep 29 2025 23:54 Oct 07 2025 03:48 Oct 13 2025 18:13
Oct 21 2025 12:26 Oct 29 2025 16:22 Nov 05 2025 13:20 Nov 12 2025 05:29
Nov 20 2025 06:48 Nov 28 2025 07:00 Dec 04 2025 23:15 Dec 11 2025 20:52
Dec 20 2025 01:44 Dec 27 2025 19:11 Jan 03 2026 10:04 Jan 10 2026 15:49
Jan 18 2026 19:53 Jan 26 2026 04:48 Feb 01 2026 22:10 Feb 09 2026 12:44Planet Information
Currently (Mon, 2025 Mar 03 21:23 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 22 57 33.0 -06 39 16.4
Opposition 10 57 33.0 +06 39 16.4 180E 17:50 00:09 06:27
Mercury 23 59 24.0 +00 50 58.2 17E 22:19 21:48 18:34
Venus 00 26 54.3 +10 42 25.3 28E 07:12 13:42 20:13
Mars 07 15 43.4 +25 47 09.0 124E 13:02 20:29 03:57
Jupiter 04 42 52.3 +21 51 42.4 89E 10:45 17:57 01:08
Saturn 23 28 46.4 -05 26 59.2 8E 06:51 12:33 18:10
Uranus 03 24 07.4 +18 23 10.1 70E 09:40 16:39 23:37
Neptune 23 57 02.8 -01 41 45.2 16E 07:06 13:01 18:48
Pluto 20 22 53.1 -22 51 28.7 41W 04:47 09:27 13:59
Mar 01 2025 Mar 16 2025 Mar 31 2025
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Sun 22 47 15.7 -07 42 17.0 23 42 44.8 -01 52 04.1 01 36 05.0 +10 00 24.2
Opposition 10 47 15.7 +07 42 17.0 180E 11 42 44.8 +01 52 04.1 180E 13 36 05.0 -10 00 24.2 180E
Mercury 23 44 44.3 -01 24 07.2 16E 00 28 35.4 +06 40 27.9 14E 00 00 54.3 -01 51 17.0 26W
Venus 00 27 47.4 +10 18 19.0 31E 00 10 18.0 +10 23 43.3 14E 23 33 15.8 +01 27 46.5 32W
Mars 07 14 51.8 +25 53 42.0 126E 07 23 44.6 +25 10 15.5 114E 08 05 35.6 +22 39 52.0 93E
Jupiter 04 41 54.0 +21 49 22.6 92E 04 48 17.3 +22 03 34.4 78E 05 08 36.3 +22 38 19.2 52E
Saturn 23 27 31.7 -05 34 55.4 10E 23 34 21.1 -04 51 34.7 4W 23 48 02.6 -03 26 06.8 30W
Uranus 03 23 49.8 +18 22 01.8 73E 03 25 42.8 +18 29 13.8 58E 03 31 26.1 +18 50 13.0 29E
Neptune 23 56 40.7 -01 44 10.2 18E 23 58 43.8 -01 30 48.6 4E 00 02 57.1 -01 03 50.7 26W
Pluto 20 22 34.3 -22 52 06.0 38W 20 24 08.7 -22 49 11.8 52W 20 26 15.4 -22 47 38.3 83W