Tonight's crescent moon has a feature we all associate with spring. The cusps are evenly placed in distance from the horizon. It looks like the moon is a bowl and it can hold water. An artist, an illustrator, can draw a picture of the moon holding water. This only happens in the evening at spring time here on Martha's Vineyard.
Tonight's crescent moon appears above the brilliant planet Venus. Both are in the zodiacal constellation Aries. The moon is moving into the zodiacal constellation Taurus where it will be for the rest of the weekend.
On Sunday night the moon appears close to the much dimmer red planet Mars. Mars is considerably dimmer than a few months ago. Mars is over 93 million miles away, as far from us as the Sun. Mars will continue to lose its brilliance as we move into summer and autumn.
| Day | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| Fri., March 24 | 5:38 | 5:57 |
| Sat., March 25 | 5:37 | 5:58 |
| Sun., March 26 | 5:35 | 6:00 |
| Mon., March 27 | 5:33 | 6:01 |
| Tues., March 28 | 5:32 | 6:02 |
| Wed., March 29 | 5:30 | 6:03 |
| Thurs., March 30 | 5:28 | 6:04 |
| Fri., March 31 | 5:26 | 6:05 |
| Day | Max (Fº) | Min (Fº) | Inches |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 17 | 52 | 32 | 0.00 |
| March 18 | 52 | 43 | 0.02 |
| March 19 | 52 | 33 | 0.00 |
| March 20 | 42 | 26 | 0.00 |
| March 21 | 49 | 32 | 0.00 |
| March 22 | 55 | 33 | 0.00 |
| March 23 | 53 | 44 | 0.02 |
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