2021’s first supermoon, known in the US as the pink moon, happens on April 26. It’s worth noting that the moon will not appear pink in the nighttime sky. The full moon in April will look the same as usual The word “supermoon” isn’t an official astronomical term and...
We’re halfway through April, but amateur astronomers and backyard sky gazers still have some spectacles to look forward to in the nighttime sky. Starting on the 16th of April, the annual Lyrid meteor shower began. Each year that meteor shower kicks off when the Earth...
Evening Sky on April 17th at 8pm facing north and West (from Stellarium) Showing the Crescent Moon close to Mars Sky View facing East on April 24 at 5am with Jupiter and Saturn (from Stellarium) Sky View facing East and South on the evening of April 30 at 10pm (from...
Normally a small number of “sporadic” meteors can be seen each hour of a moonless night. Sporadics are likely to be seen in any part of the sky. During a shower, the number of meteors visible may increase considerably. The meteors will appear to originate...
Mercury Is low in the morning sky this month and lost in twilight mid-month. It is not easy to see this month, as it transitions from the morning to evening sky. On the 1st Mercury was a hand-span above the eastern horizon an hour before sunrise and in line with...
