The first Mercury retrograde of the year goes from Saturday, March 15 to Monday, April 7. Retrogrades are optical illusions ...

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or ...

March is here, and Mercury goes retrograde from March 14 until April 7 — the retrograde begins as the full moon and lunar eclipse ... or be in ‘retrograde’ compared to the stars for a ...

On March 1, the position of the crescent moon will aid in spotting Mercury, according to ... known as an “inferior conjunction”. By comparison, a “superior conjunction” happens when ...

A day after the moon reaches its new phase it will occult the planet Mercury as seen from locations in the eastern Indian Ocean, Australia, and the western south Pacific islands. As the moon will ...

Tomorrow (Feb. 28), the one-day-old moon will pass in front of Mercury for observers in Australia and the south Pacific, and on March 1 the moon will make a close pass to Venus. Want to see ...