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April is Global Astronomy Month. Created by Astronomers Without Borders in 2010 to build on the International Year of Astronomy 2009. More info at: http://www.gam-awb.org/
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Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 11h UT.
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 5h UT.
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Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 21h UT. Mag. -2.2.
• Jupiter in 2013-14 (Damian Peach)
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First Quarter Moon at 8:31 UT.
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 15h UT (distance 404,500 km; angular size 29.5').
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Mars at opposition at 21h UT. Mag. -1.5. Visible all night.
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Moon near Beehive Cluster (evening sky) at 1h UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 23h UT.
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Mars nearest to Earth at 13h UT. Mag. -1.4.
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Moon near Mars (midnight sky) at 18h UT.
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Moon near Spica (midnight sky) at 3h UT.
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Full Moon at 7:44 UT.
• Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
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Total Eclipse of the Moon begins at 7:07 UT and ends at 8:25 UT. Mid-eclipse at 7:46 UT. Partial phases begin at 5:58 UT and end at 9:33 UT. The Moon will appear red-orange in color during totality (the Earth's shadow).
Visible from North and South America, and much of the Pacific.
• Total Lunar Eclipse of 2014 April 15 (NASA)
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Moon very near Saturn (155° from Sun, morning sky) at 7h UT. Mag. +0.2. Occultation visible from the southern Pacific and southern South America.
• Occultation of Saturn (IOTA)
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Moon near Antares (morning sky) at 14h UT.
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Last Quarter Moon at 7:52 UT.
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Lyrid meteor shower peaks at 17:45 UT. Active April 16-25. Radiant is between Hercules and Lyra. Expect 10 to 20 bright, fast meteors per hour at its peak. Moonlight interferes with viewing conditions this year.
• The Lyrids (Gary Kronk)
• Meteor Shower Calendar 2014 (IMO)
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 0h UT (369,765 km; angular size 32.3').
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Moon near Venus (morning sky) at 21h UT. Mag. -4.1.
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Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 3h UT. The elusive planet passes into the evening sky.
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New Moon at 6:17 UT. Start of lunation 1130.
• Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
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Annular Solar Eclipse (non-central) in Antarctica. Partial eclipse visible from southern Indian Ocean and Australia between 3:53 UT and 8:14 UT.
• Annular Solar Eclipse of 2014 April 29 (NASA)
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All times Universal Time (UT). USA Eastern Summer Time = UT - 4 hours.
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