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April is Global Astronomy Month http://www.gam-awb.org/
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Moon near Beehive cluster (M44) (evening sky) at 22h UT.
• Beehive Star Cluster (M44) (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 15h UT.
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Venus 0.4° SSE from Alcyone, brightest star in the Pleiades (46° from Sun, evening sky) at 21h UT. Mags. -4.4 and +2.8.
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Full Moon at 19:19 UT.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Spica (midnight sky) at 4h UT.
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Moon near Saturn (midnight sky) at 10h UT. Mag. +0.3.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 17h UT (358,315 km; 33.3').
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Moon near Antares (morning sky) at 5h UT.
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Friday-the-13th. There are three Friday-13ths in 2012, 13 weeks apart from each other. Friday falls on the 13th more often than any other day of the week.
• Friday the 13th (Wikipedia)
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Last Quarter Moon at 10:50 UT.
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Venus 9.8° NNW of Aldebaran (evening sky) at 11h UT. Mags. -4.5 and +0.9.
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Saturn at opposition (opposite the Sun) at 18h UT. Visible all night long, the ringed planet is at its brightest (mag. +0.3) and closest all year (disk diameter 19"). Saturn's rings appear magnificent even in a small telescope.
• Opposition (Wikipedia)
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Mars 4.3° E of Regulus (evening sky) at 5h UT. Mags. -0.4 and 1.4.
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Mercury at greatest elongation, 27° west of Sun (morning sky) at 17h UT. Mag +0.4. Thin Moon nearby.
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New Moon at 7:19 UT. Start of lunation 1105.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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Lyrid meteor shower peaks at 5:30 UT. Active April 16-25. Radiant is between Hercules and Lyra. Expect 10 to 20 bright, fast meteors per hour at its peak.
• The Lyrids (Gary Kronk)
• Meteor Shower Calendar (IMO)
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 14h UT (distance 406,419 km; angular size 29.4').
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Moon near the Pleiades (26° from Sun, evening sky) at 18h UT.
• Pleiades (star cluster) (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Venus (41° from Sun, evening sky) at 2h UT. Mag. -4.5.
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First Quarter Moon at 9:57 UT.
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Daylight Time = UT - 4 hours.
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