Local Sky Events
April
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- Moon is full Moon Apr 2, third quarter Apr 10th, new on Apr 17th and first quarter on Apr 24th.
- Lyrid Meteor Shower: April 22. Should be visible early morning and late evening since it peaks during daylight hours. It can produce 15-20 meteors per hour.
- The first quarter moon will play hide and seek with the bees of the famous Beehive Cluster as it passes through the morning of the 24th.
- Venus should be easy to find above the Northwest horizon shining at magnitude -3.9 in the early evening sky.
- Jupiter dominates the evening sky shining bright in Gemini. It shines brighter than Sirius, the dog star, which is the brightest star that we can see with our eyes from Earth. Sirius is lower to the right of Jupiter.
- Mercury and Mars will peak above the early morning Eastern horizon beginning around the 15th of the month. Use binoculars to find them just before sunrise.
- Saturn will not be visible as it is approaching conjunction with the Sun.
Check back often for updates
- Moon is full Moon Apr 2, third quarter Apr 10th, new on Apr 17th and first quarter on Apr 24th.
- Lyrid Meteor Shower: April 22. Should be visible early morning and late evening since it peaks during daylight hours. It can produce 15-20 meteors per hour.
- The first quarter moon will play hide and seek with the bees of the famous Beehive Cluster as it passes through the morning of the 24th.
- Venus should be easy to find above the Northwest horizon shining at magnitude -3.9 in the early evening sky.
- Jupiter dominates the evening sky shining bright in Gemini. It shines brighter than Sirius, the dog star, which is the brightest star that we can see with our eyes from Earth. Sirius is lower to the right of Jupiter.
- Mercury and Mars will peak above the early morning Eastern horizon beginning around the 15th of the month. Use binoculars to find them just before sunrise.
- Saturn will not be visible as it is approaching conjunction with the Sun.
See our Links page - Sky Watching - for other events.
See Sky and Telescope Magazine (The Sky at a Glance) for more events.