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Bruce McClure

Closest new moon of 2016 on April 7

April 7 moon turns new six hours before perigee - closest point to Earth. We won't see it, but it counts as a supermoon and will affect ocean tides.

Bruce McClure

April 7, 2016

Moon farthest south on March 30

The moon reaches its southernmost point for the month on March 30, 2016. The moon is east of Mars and Saturn before dawn on March 30.

Bruce McClure

March 29, 2016

This is the earliest Easter until 2035

There are 35 dates on which Easter can take place. There won't be another one as early as today's Easter Sunday until 2035.

Bruce McClure

March 27, 2016

Moon, Saturn, Mars on March 27-28

Mars and Saturn are about to be at their best. Learn to recognize them as the moon sweeps past.

Bruce McClure

March 27, 2016

Moon and star Spica on March 24

People around the world will see a full-looking waning gibbous moon in the vicinity of this star, which is the brightest light in the constellation Virgo.

Bruce McClure

March 24, 2016

First of season’s 4 full moons March 23

Four full moons in a season? Yes. Normally there are 3, and that's why - soon - we'll have a Blue Moon (3rd of 4 full moons in a season).

Bruce McClure

March 23, 2016

A subtle lunar eclipse on March 23

From all timezones in contiguous North America, this penumbral lunar eclipse happens shortly before dawn on March 23. Charts and info for other parts of the world here.

Bruce McClure

March 22, 2016

First of year’s 6 supermoons March 9

We'll have six supermoons in 2016. The first one is a new moon supermoon, not visible in our sky.

Bruce McClure

March 9, 2016

Supermoon total solar eclipse March 8-9

The first supermoon of 2016 also presents the first eclipse of the year, a total eclipse of the sun on March 8-9, 2016, visible from Indonesia and the Pacific.

Bruce McClure

March 8, 2016

Two last quarter moons for March

There's typically just one each of the major moon phases each month. But March, 2016, has two last quarter moons. Will some label the second one "blue?"

Bruce McClure

March 1, 2016

Bruce McClure

Bruce McClure served as lead writer for EarthSky's popular Tonight pages from 2004 to 2021, when he opted for a much-deserved retirement. You can still find many articles at EarthSky.org that were originally written by Bruce, and which the EarthSky editors still update regularly. Bruce is a sundial aficionado, whose love for the heavens has taken him to Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and sailing in the North Atlantic, where he earned his celestial navigation certificate through the School of Ocean Sailing and Navigation. He also wrote and hosted public astronomy programs and planetarium programs in and around his home in upstate New York. Bruce he loves cycles of all kinds! You can still find many articles at EarthSky with Bruce's name on them, exploring the various, intricate cycles of the sky.