March 2026 will contain great riches for astrophotographers, with the undoubted highlight — at least for those in western North America, Australia, New Zealand and Eastern Asia — being a total lunar eclipse.
Everyone will see the crescent moon glide gracefully past both Jupiter and the Pleiades, while those in the Northern Hemisphere will get great seasonal views of constellations (including Orion, Taurus, Canis Major, and Auriga) and deep-sky objects (such as Orion Nebula, Crab Nebula, M36, M37 and M38) before they begin to depart the post-sunset sky until September. March is also when the northern lights can be at their most intense.
