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April 3rd - The Moon will be near Antares in the morning sky.
April 4th - Mercury will be 3 degrees WNW of Venus at a bright -0.6 and -3.9 magnitudes.
April 6th - The last quarter moon will take place tonight.
April 8th - Mercury will be at greatest elongation.
April 9th - The moon will be at apogee (furthest from the Earth) tonight.
April 11th - The moon will be near Jupiter in the morning sky.
April 14th - Our new moon will take place tonight.
April 16th - The moon will be near Venus in the evening sky. Venus will have a magnitude of -3.9.
April 17th - The moon will be near the Pleiades in the evening sky.
April 17th - Mars will be NNE of the Beehive Cluster (M44) tonight.
April 21st - The fist quarter moon will take place tonight.
April 22nd - The moon will be near Mars tonight in the evening sky.
April 23rd - The Lyrid meteor shower will peak tonight. Observers can expect about 10-20 bright meteors per hour tonight.
April 24th - The moon will be at perigee (closest to the Earth).
April 25th - Venus will be 3.5 degrees SSE of the Pleiades.
April 25th - Saturn will be easy to find as it will be right next to the moon in the evening sky.
April 27th - The moon will be near Spica in the evening sky.
April 28th - Our full moon will occur tonight.
April 28th - The moon will be near Antares in the morning sky.
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April Sky : April 15th, 2009 : Facing East : 10:30PM EDT
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