• March 7 Mars will be <2° S of the Moon.
  • March 8 Mercury will be at its greatest eastern elongation, meaning you can see it just after sunset.
  • March 14 there will be a total lunar eclipse.
  • March 20 is the March Equinox. Yay, spring, N. A.!
  • March 29 there will be a partial solar eclipse in the northeastern USA, and eastern portions of Canada.
  • April 1 and 29, Pleiades will be <1° S of the Moon.
  • April 21 Mercury is at its greatest western elongation. Look low in the east just before sunrise.
  • April 22, 23 Lyrid meteor shower. Lingering dust trails and thin crescent moon might make this worth watching between midnight and dawn on the 23rd.
  • May 6-7 is the Eta Aquarids meteor shower.