the sun, you probably won't see them. 



Jupiter is in Libra, to the west of the 

 curved body of Scorpius. This gas giant 

 rises before midnight and is in the south- 

 west sky by sunrise. The waning gibbous 

 moon pays Jupiter a visit twice this month: 

 during the predawn hours of the 2d, you'll 

 find it below and to the right of Jupiter and 

 on the night of the 29th-30th, the moon 

 lies below and to the left. 



Saturn might be seen by month's end, 

 low in the southeast and rising just over an 

 hour after the sun. Because of the low 

 angle of the planet's orbital path relative to 

 our horizon, Saturn will probably not be 

 visible when it is passed by Mars on the 

 13th- 14th. You might catch a glimpse of 

 Saturn near Mercury on the 24th. 



Uranus and Neptune remain in eastern 

 Sagittarius, inching their way toward 

 Capricomus, until late April and early 

 May, when the two of them become "sta- 

 tionary" as they begin their retrograde mo- 

 tion across the sky as seen from the earth's 

 perspective. Binoculars, dark skies, and 

 sky charts are essential for spotting these 

 two blue-green planets. The waning moon 

 points the way on the 7th, when both plan- 

 ets are 4° and 5°, respectively, below it. 



Pluto hugs the northeast comer of the 

 constellation Libra this month and re- 

 mains there all year long, not far from 

 Jupiter. Only the largest telescopes, steady 

 atmospheric conditions, dark skies, and 

 good star charts permit a view of Pluto. 



The Moon reaches last quarter on the 

 4th at 1 1 :53 a.m., EST, is new on the 12th 

 at 2:05 a.m., EST, and reaches first quarter 

 at 7:14 a.m., EST, on the 20th. The full 

 moon occurs on the 27th at 6:09 a.m., 

 EST 



Gail S. Cleere lives in Washington, D.C., 

 and writes on popular astronomy. 



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