Today:
Daylight Saving Time begins today, as we move the clocks ahead one hour, making the sunrise and sunset an hour later. There is actually a connection to astronomy, as time used to be “local”, based on the Sun at noon. That changed in the 1800s, when trains needed a “standard” time system.
Monday:
The Scorpion is making his usual predawn appearance as winter enters its final weeks. From 2:30 to 5:30 AM EDT, this “S”-shaped constellation climbs into the southeast, with its red star Antares due south at 6:00 AM, with its head and claws to the upper right, and body and tail curling like an “S” toward the horizon.
Tuesday:
The nearly Full Moon rises out of the early evening dusk at around 5:45 PM. Rising with it, but not emerging, until about an hour later, is the constellation Leo, which appears just above the Moon. Of the stars in Leo, the one closest to the Moon is the Regulus, Leo’s brightest. The Moon and Leo will ride across the southern sky overnight, before setting in the morning twilight, as around 6:30.