MARCH 2025 OBSERVING Lunar Almanac Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart 23 25 Yellow dots indicate which part of the Moon's limb is tipped the most toward Earth by libration. 10 March 3 MOON PHASES MON SUN TUE WED THU FRI 2 9 16 23 30 3 10 17 24 31 FIRST QUARTER March 6 16:32 UT LAST QUARTER March 22 11:29 UT DISTANCES Perigee 361,964 km Apogee 405,754 km Perigee 358,131 km FULL MOON March 14 06:55 UT NEW MOON March 29 10:58 UT March 1, 21h UT Diameter 33′ 01″ March 17, 17h UT Diameter 29′ 27″ March 30, 5h UT Diameter 33′ 22″ FAVORABLE LIBRATIONS * Petrov Crater * Hamilton Crater * Rimae Gerard * Lavoisier Crater March 3 March 10 March 23 March 25 42 MARCH 2025 * SKY & TELESCOPE Galaxy Double star -1 1 2 3 4 Planet location shown for mid-month USING THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE MAP Go out within an hour of a time listed to the right. Turn the map around so the yellow label for the direction you're facing is at the bottom. That's the horizon. The center of the map is overhead. Ignore the parts of the map above horizons you're not facing. Exact for latitude 40°N. L I 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 6 13 20 27 7 14 21 28 1 8 15 22 Zenith 29 SAT NASA / LRO P T I C Moon Mar 13 0° c i n g 8 LEO MINOR COMA BERENICES E g -1 0 1 2 3 4 a Galaxy Double star Variable star Open cluster Diffuse nebula Globular cluster Planetary nebula S E M51 17h 14h F a E C M48 Moon Mar 10 11h F a r o N 0h Big Dipper URSA MAJOR Mizar & Alcor Thuban DRACO URSA MINOR β h t CANES VENAT ICI CANCER NX Alphard SEXTANS HYDRA LEO ι β ν BOÖTES HERCULES M44 M67 ANTL IA Pol PYXI S β VELA CRATER c i n g CORVUS V IRGO s t M81 M82 Sickle Regulus β β M3 β β τ c i n a Arcturus β β θ β ι F a F g n c i E N