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New Moon at 6:26 UT. Start of lunation 1228.
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Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 23h UT. The innermost planet passes into the evening sky.
• Mercury (Wikipedia)
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Mars 0.3° SE of Saturn at 2h UT (53° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. 1.0 and 0.9. Visible in a telescope at the same time.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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Moon near the Pleiades at 5h UT (evening sky).
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Aldebaran at 23h UT (evening sky).
• Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 19h UT (distance 404,438km; size 29.5').
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Moon near M35 star cluster at 21h UT (evening sky).
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First Quarter Moon at 6:47 UT.
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Moon near Castor at 10h UT (evening sky).
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Moon near Pollux at 16h UT (evening sky).
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 20h UT (evening sky).
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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Jupiter 0.1° NNW of Neptune at 15h UT (29° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. −2.1 and 8.0.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
• Neptune (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Regulus at 15h UT (evening sky).
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Spica at 16h UT (midnight sky).
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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Full Moon at 8:56 UT.
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 15:15 UT (distance 365,143km; angular size 32.7').
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Moon near Antares at 20h UT (morning sky).
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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Lyrid meteor shower peaks at 19h UT (variable). Active April 14-30. Radiant is between Hercules and Lyra. Expect 10 to 20 bright, fast meteors per hour at its peak. Moonlight interferes this year.
• Lyrids (Wikipedia)
• AMS Meteor Shower Calendar 2021-2022 (IMO)
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Last Quarter Moon at 11:57 UT.
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Moon near Saturn at 0h UT (morning sky). Mag. 0.9.
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Moon near Mars at 2h UT (morning sky). Mag. 0.9.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Venus at 6h UT (morning sky). Mag. −4.1.
• Venus (Wikipedia)
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Moon, Venus and Jupiter within a circle of diameter 4.1° at 9h UT (morning sky). Mags. −4.1 and −2.1.
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Moon near Jupiter at 12h UT (morning sky). Mag. −2.1.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Venus 0.02° E of Neptune at 20h UT (43° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. −4.1 and 7.9.
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Mercury at greatest elongation east at 8h UT (21° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. 0.3. The Pleiades are nearby.
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Partial Eclipse of the Sun at 20:41 UT (greatest). Visible from SE Pacific and southern South America. Begins 18:45. Ends 22:38 UT.
• Partial Solar Eclipse of 2022 April 30 (GIF) (NASA)
• Solar Eclipses: 2011 - 2030 (Mr Eclipse)
• NASA Solar Eclipse Page (NASA)
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New Moon at 20:30 UT. Start of lunation 1229.
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Venus 0.23° SE of Jupiter at 22h UT (43° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. −4.1 and −2.1. The brightest planets form a spectacular pair at dawn.
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All times Universal Time (UT).
- US Eastern Daylight Time = UT − 4 hours.
- US Pacific Daylight Time = UT − 7 hours.
- Australian Eastern Standard Time = UT + 10 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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