Here you will find useful observing information about the visible planets,
our Moon and other moons, the Sun, as well as various 'things' celestial.
Among these web pages you will find monthly star maps for either the northern or southern hemisphere that are suitable for printout.
Animated images are utilized to illustrate celestial motions such as orbital motions of the planets, and other solar orbiting objects,
or apparent and real motions along the ecliptic and the local horizon. Regular features include plotting the monthly positions of the
visible planets using heliocentric coordinates; following moon phases; conjunctions; the sun's apparent motion and the Earth's real
motion along the ecliptic.
Scroll down for more web site information, resources, and a link to the previous month issue.
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April Sky Calendar | ||||
01. Moon at Apogee: 252,014 miles (405,577 km) 02. Waning Crescent Moon Near Venus Waning Crescent Moon Near Mercury 05. New Moon 08. Waxing Crescent Moon Near Mars 09. Waxing Crescent Moon Near Aldebaran 10. Jupiter Begins Retrograde Motion 11. Mercury at Greatest Elongation: 27.7°W 12. Moon at Ascending Node First Quarter Moon Moon Near Pollux |
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13. Waxing Gibbous Moon Near Beehive Open Star Cluster 14. Waxing Gibbous Moon Near Regulus 15. Mars Near Aldebaran 16. Mercury – Venus Conjunction Moon at Perigee: 226,308 miles (364,209 km) 18. Venus at Aphelion Waxing Gibbous Moon Near Spica 19. Full Moon Sun enters the Astronomical constellation of Aries the Ram ; |
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20. Sun enters the astrological constellation of Taurus the Bull 22. Earth Day 2019 Waning Gibbous Moon Near Ceres 23. Lyrid Meteor Shower Uranus in Conjunction with Sun Waning Gibbous Moon Near Jupiter 25. Waning Gibbous Moon Near Saturn Moon at Descending Node 26. Last Quarter Moon 28. Moon at Apogee: 251,392 miles (404,577 km) 30. Saturn begins Retrograde Motion |
Planet cordinate data for the visible planets and the Sun at 10-day intervals for this month.
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web page showing this information, and also for a larger and easier to read version of the above graphic.