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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 0h UT (distance 405,577 km; angular size 29.5').
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Moon near Venus (morning sky) at 7h UT. Mag. −4.0.
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Moon near Mercury (26° from Sun, morning sky) at 2h UT. Mag. 0.8.
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New Moon at 8:51 UT. Start of lunation 1191.
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Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 23h UT.
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Moon near Mars (evening sky) at 10h UT. Mag. 1.5.
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Moon near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 16h UT.
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Mercury at greatest elongation west (28° from Sun, morning sky) at 20h UT. Mag. 0.4.
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First Quarter Moon at 19:05 UT.
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Moon near Pollux (evening sky) at 22h UT.
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (evening sky) at 21h UT.
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Mars 6.5° N of Aldebaran (45° from Sun, evening sky) at 1h UT. Mags. 1.6 and 0.9.
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Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 10h UT.
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Mercury 4.3° E of Venus (30° from Sun, morning sky) at 20h UT. Mags. 0.2 and −3.9.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 22:03 UT (364,205 km; angular size 32.8').
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Moon near Spica (morning sky) at 3h UT.
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Full Moon at 11:11 UT.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Antares (morning sky) at 11h UT.
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Lyrid meteor shower peaks at 0h UT. Active April 14-30. Radiant is between Hercules and Lyra. Expect 10 to 20 bright, fast meteors per hour at its peak. Unfortunately, bright moonlight this year means poor viewing conditions.
• Lyrids (Wikipedia)
• 2019 Meteor Shower Calendar (PDF) (IMO)
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Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 13h UT. Mag. −2.4.
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Moon near Saturn (105° from Sun, morning sky) at 13h UT. Mag. 0.5. Occultation visible from eastern Australia, New Zealand, and western South America.
• Occultation of Saturn (IOTA)
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Last Quarter Moon at 22:18 UT.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 18h UT (distance 404,582 km; angular size 29.5').
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All times Universal Time (UT).
- USA Eastern Daylight Time = UT − 4 hours.
- Australian Eastern Summer Time = UT + 11 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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