The night sky on your birthday: March 16
March 16 is day 76 of the year. Here is what the sky holds for everyone born on it — and a way to get the real sky above the exact place and hour you were born.
The Sun's constellation on March 16
On your birthday the Sun stands in front of Pisces, which here matches the horoscope sign Pisces. Because the Sun is in Pisces, that constellation is hidden in daylight on your birthday: you see it best around six months later.
Overhead at midnight on March 16
- Northern hemisphere (40°N — New York, Madrid, Beijing): Ursa Major, Leo Minor, Canes Venatici and Coma Berenices; brightest stars high up: Regulus (56°), Arcturus (50°) and Pollux (42°).
- Southern hemisphere (40°S — Melbourne, Buenos Aires region, Wellington): Hydra, Antlia, Centaurus and Vela; brightest stars high up: Gacrux (71°), Mimosa (67°) and Acrux (66°).
Meteor showers around March 16
No major annual meteor shower is active on this date — the sky is all stars and planets.
The Moon on your next birthday
On the evening of March 16, 2027 the Moon will be waxing gibbous (64% lit).
The exact sky of the night you were born
These are averages for a latitude. Your own sky depends on the city, the year and the hour: Firmament draws the real stars, constellations, Moon and planets above your birthplace at your birth time, as a print-ready A3 poster — $4.99, delivered instantly as a PDF.
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