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First Quarter Moon at 10:21 UT.
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Moon near Castor (evening sky) at 4h UT.
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Moon near Pollux (evening sky) at 8h UT.
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (evening sky) at 8h UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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Venus 0.25° SE of Alcyone (brightest star in the Pleiades) (46° from Sun, evening sky) at 2h UT. Mags. −4.4 and 2.9. This is the closest Venus-Pleiades conjunction in 8 years. The event will be visible worldwide from 1 to 5 April.
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 22h UT.
• Regulus (Wikipedia)
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Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 17:59 UT (distance 356,907 km; angular size 33.5').
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Full Moon at 2:34 UT.
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Moon near Spica (midnight sky) at 12h UT.
• Spica (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Antares (morning sky) at 15h UT.
• Antares (Wikipedia)
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Last Quarter Moon at 22:56 UT.
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Moon near Jupiter (morning sky) at 0h UT. Mag. −2.2.
• Jupiter (Wikipedia)
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Moon, Jupiter and Saturn within a circle of diam. 5.5° (morning sky) at 7h UT. Mags. −2.2 and 0.6.
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Moon near Saturn (morning sky) at 11h UT. Mag. 0.6.
• Saturn (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Mars (morning sky) at 6h UT. Mag. 0.6.
• Mars (Wikipedia)
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Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 19h UT (distance 406,462 km; angular size 29.4').
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Moon near Mercury (14° from Sun, morning sky) at 21h UT. Mag. −0.8.
• Mercury (Wikipedia)
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Lyrid meteor shower peaks at 7h UT (variable). Active April 14-30. Radiant is between Hercules and Lyra. Expect 10 to 20 bright, fast meteors per hour at its peak. Observing conditions are optimal in 2020.
• Lyrids (Wikipedia)
• 2020 Meteor Shower Calendar (PDF) (IMO)
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New Moon at 2:26 UT. Start of lunation 1204.
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Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 10h UT.
• The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 3h UT.
• Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
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Moon near Venus (evening sky) at 18h UT. Mag. −4.5.
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Venus at its brightest at 15h UT. Mag. −4.52.
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Moon near Castor (evening sky) at 10h UT.
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Moon near Pollux (evening sky) at 15h UT.
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Moon near Beehive cluster M44 (evening sky) at 15h UT.
• Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia)
• M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
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First Quarter Moon at 20:38 UT.
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All times Universal Time (UT).
- US Eastern Standard Time = UT − 5 hours.
- US Pacific Standard Time = UT − 8 hours.
- Australian Eastern Summer Time = UT + 11 hours
- Singapore Standard Time = UT + 8 hours.
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