Friday March 5th the 22-day old last quarter Moon crosses the plane of the ecliptic moving south. This is known as the descending node, one of two intersections the Moon’s orbital path (dark green line) has with the ecliptic.
On the date of the descending node the 22-day old last quarter Moon will be over the southern horizon at sunrise local time, and about 3-4o from the reddish star Antares in Scorpius the Scorpion.
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