March 20 7:06
Today, March 20, An astronomical spring will come in Russia and other countries of the Earth’s Northern Hemisphere.
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On this day the sun will rise exactly in the east and set exactly in the west, equalizing day and night. After the spring equinox, the star will gradually rise in the northeast and set in the northwest, daylight hours will begin to increase, and night will begin to decrease.
In the Krasnoyarsk Territory on Friday at 21:46 the center of the solar disk will cross the celestial equator and from that moment on the nights will be shorter and the days longer.
In addition, another bright astronomical event is expected today: the rapprochement of the Moon and Venus. “The Moon, illuminated at 2%, will be next to Venus in the constellation Pisces. The distance between objects will be 4°07′. The dazzlingly bright Venus will be easily visible to the naked eye, and the thin crescent moon can also be seen without binoculars in a dark and clear sky,” said Sergei Veselkov, head of the Reshetnev University Observatory.
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