A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for April 2013:
Phenomena April
Day | Event |
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1 | Asteroid (39) Laetitia mag 10.3 is at opposition in Virgo |
2 | Mercury mag 0.2 is at aphelion distance 0.467 AU (approx. 69.9 million km or 43.4 million mi) from the Sun (2 UT) |
2 | Asteroid (26) Proserpina mag 10.3 is at opposition in Virgo |
3 | Last quarter Moon (4:37 UT) |
7 | Moon passes 6 degrees north of Neptune mag 8.0 (1 UT) |
8 | Moon passes 7 degrees north of Mercury mag 0.0 (10 UT) |
10 | New Moon (9:36 UT) |
10 | Asteroid (27) Euterpe mag 9.8 is at opposition in Virgo |
14 | Moon passes 2 degrees south of Jupiter mag -2.0 (18 UT) |
15 | Moon is at apogee 404,865 km (22:25 UT) |
18 | Mars is in conjunction with the Sun (12 UT) |
18 | First quarter Moon (12:31 UT) |
19 | Mercury mag -0.3 passes 2 degrees south of Uranus mag 5.9 (21 UT) |
21 | Moon passes 6 degrees south of Regulus mag 1.4 (5 UT) |
22 | Lyrid meteor shower peaks ZHR = 20 (11 UT) |
25 | Moon passes 0.004 degrees north of Spica mag 1.0, occultation is visible from Central and South America and South Africa (0 UT) |
25 | Full Moon and partial lunar eclipse (19:58 UT) |
26 | Moon passes 4 degrees south of Saturn mag 0.1 (2 UT) |
27 | Moon is at perigee 362,265 km (20:51 UT) |
28 | Saturn mag 0.1 is at opposition in Libra approx. 8.816 AU (1319 million km or 819.5 million miles) from Earth (8 UT) |