A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for April 2014:
Phenomena April
| Day | Event |
|---|---|
| 2 | Uranus is in conjunction with the Sun (7 UT) |
| 4 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9 (7 UT) |
| 6 | Moon passes 5 degrees south of Jupiter mag -2.4 (23 UT) |
| 7 | First quarter Moon (8:31 UT) |
| 8 | Moon passes 12 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (1 UT) |
| 8 | Moon is at apogee 404,500 km or 251,345 miles from Earth (14:51 UT) |
| 8 | Mars is at opposition 0.621 AU (approx. 92.9 million kms or 57.7 million miles) from Earth (21 UT) |
| 11 | Moon passes 5 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4 (2 UT) |
| 12 | Venus mag -4.3 passes 0.7 degrees north of Neptune mag +8.0 (2 UT) |
| 12 | Asteroid (60) Echo mag +10.9 is at opposition in Virgo |
| 13 | Vesta mag. +5.7 is at opposition 1.232 AU (approx. 184.3 million kms or 114.5 million miles) from Earth (13 UT) |
| 14 | Mars is closest to Earth at 0.6176 AU (92.4 million kilometres or 57.4 million miles) distant (13 UT) |
| 14 | Mercury mag -0.9 passes 1.4 degrees south of Uranus mag +5.9 (16 UT) |
| 14 | Moon passes 3.5 degrees south of Mars mag -1.4 (18 UT) |
| 15 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (4 UT) |
| 15 | Full Moon. Total Lunar Eclipse visible from east Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean and North and South America (7:43 UT) |
| 15 | Ceres mag +6.9 is at opposition 1.644 AU (approx. 245.9 million kms or 152.8 million miles) from Earth (15 UT) |
| 17 | Moon passes 0.4 degrees south of Saturn mag +0.3, occultation is visible from South America (7:20 UT) |
| 18 | Moon passes 8 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (13 UT) |
| 18 | Asteroid (43) Ariadne mag +9.9 is at opposition in Virgo |
| 22 | Last quarter Moon (7:52 UT) |
| 22 | Lyrid meteor shower peaks ZHR = 20 |
| 23 | Moon is at perigee 369,762 km or 229,759 miles from Earth (00:20 UT) |
| 24 | Moon passes 5 degrees north of Neptune mag +7.9 (22 UT) |
| 25 | Moon passes 4 degrees north of Venus mag -4.2 (23 UT) |
| 26 | Mercury is at superior conjunction (3 UT) |
| 27 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Uranus mag +5.9 (11 UT) |
| 29 | New Moon. Annular Solar Eclipse visible from Antarctica and Australia (06:15 UT) |
| 29 | Moon passes 1.6 degrees south of Mercury mag -2.1 (13 UT) |