Night sky in March
These charts show the whole sky at about 10 pm in mid-March (9 pm at the end of the month, 11 pm at the start; add an hour for daylight saving time). From 40° N the constellations highest in the sky are Leo Minor, Lynx, Ursa Major and Cancer.
Hold the chart above your head with the bottom edge toward the direction you face: the center is the point straight overhead (zenith), the edge is the horizon. East is on the left because you look up at the sky, not down at a map.
50° N40° N30° N20° Nthe equator35° S
Sky chart for 50° N
Constellations high in the sky from 50° N: Lynx, Ursa Major, Leo Minor, Camelopardalis, Cancer, Leo, Auriga, Canes Venatici, Gemini, Ursa Minor.
Brightest stars above the horizon: Sirius, Arcturus, Capella, Procyon, Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, Spica, Pollux.
Sky chart for 40° N
Constellations high in the sky from 40° N: Leo Minor, Lynx, Ursa Major, Cancer, Leo, Gemini, Auriga, Canes Venatici, Camelopardalis, Canis Minor.
Brightest stars above the horizon: Sirius, Arcturus, Capella, Rigel, Procyon, Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, Spica.
Sky chart for 30° N
Constellations high in the sky from 30° N: Leo Minor, Cancer, Leo, Lynx, Ursa Major, Gemini, Sextans, Canis Minor, Coma Berenices, Auriga.
Brightest stars above the horizon: Sirius, Arcturus, Capella, Rigel, Procyon, Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, Spica.
Sky chart for 20° N
Constellations high in the sky from 20° N: Cancer, Leo Minor, Leo, Sextans, Canis Minor, Lynx, Gemini, Ursa Major, Monoceros, Coma Berenices.
Brightest stars above the horizon: Sirius, Arcturus, Capella, Rigel, Procyon, Betelgeuse, Aldebaran, Spica.
Sky chart for the equator
Constellations high in the sky from the equator: Sextans, Leo, Cancer, Pyxis, Canis Minor, Hydra, Crater, Antlia, Leo Minor, Monoceros.
Brightest stars above the horizon: Sirius, Canopus, Arcturus, Capella, Rigel, Procyon, Betelgeuse, Hadar.
Sky chart for 35° S
Constellations high in the sky from 35° S: Antlia, Pyxis, Vela, Hydra, Puppis, Carina, Crater, Sextans, Crux, Volans.
Brightest stars above the horizon: Sirius, Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Rigel, Procyon, Achernar, Betelgeuse, Hadar.
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