Asteria — interactive night sky map
Acrux (Alpha¹ Crucis) is a star in the constellation Crux with an apparent magnitude of 0.77. It lies about 322 light-years from Earth. It is visible to the naked eye under dark skies.
It is best placed in the evening sky around March. It is visible from the whole southern hemisphere and from northern latitudes up to about 27°N. It is circumpolar (never sets) south of latitude 27°S.