Mercury and the Sun at 04:00 UT, 6th March 2017
The Moon occults Aldebaran (for North America) at ~04:00 UT, 5th March 2017.
First Quarter Moon is at 11:32 UT, 5th March 2017.
This is the largest First Quarter Moon of the year.
Maximum northerly lunar libration is at 15:29 UT, 4th March 2017.
Mercury is in conjunction with Neptune (separation 1.0°) at 11:10 UT, 4th March 2017.
The first quarter Moon is near the Pleiades star cluster at 05:57 UT, 4th March 2017.
Lunar perigee is at 07:25 UT, 3rd March 2017.
Neptune is in conjunction with the Sun at ~10:30 UT, 2nd March 2017
Venus is stationary, assuming retrograde motion at 12:07 UT, 1st March 2017.