Crescent New Moon March 19th with Venus
2018 Mar 19
The sharp eyed and those with binoculars might pick out the 2-day-old Moon on the evening of March 19th about 1900 hrs UT. At the same time, Venus is to the lower right nearer to the horizon. Some details for latitude 51.5 are:
UT Moon Alt/Az, Venus Alt/Az Mercury Alt/Az
1900 13@261 6 @270 8 @273
1930 8 @267 2 @276 4 @279
Please forward reports to Tim Haymes in the Lunar Section, at occultations@stargazer.me.uk