A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for April 2017:
Phenomena April
Day | Event |
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1 | Moon passes 0.3 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9, occultation is visible from Japan, Korea, South Asia (9:13 UT) |
1 | Mercury mag -0.2 is at greatest elongation east 19.0 degrees (10 UT) |
3 | First quarter Moon (18:40 UT) |
4 | Moon passes 10 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (14 UT) |
6 | Saturn mag +0.4 is stationary in Sagittarius afterwards begins retrograde motion (4 UT) |
7 | Moon passes 0.7 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4, occultation is visible from South South America (4:56 UT) |
7 | Jupiter mag -2.5 is at opposition in Virgo approx. 4.455 AU (667 million km or 414 million miles) from Earth (11 UT) |
10 | Moon passes 2 degrees north of Jupiter mag -2.5 (21 UT) |
11 | Full Moon (6:09 UT) |
13 | Dwarf planet Haumea mag +17.3 is at opposition in Boötes distance 49.7 AU from the Earth (10 UT) |
14 | Uranus is in conjunction with the Sun (11 UT) |
15 | Moon passes 10 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (4 UT) |
15 | Moon is at apogee 405,477 km or 251,952 miles from Earth (9:57 UT) |
16 | Moon passes 3 degrees north of Saturn mag +0.4 (18 UT) |
19 | Last quarter Moon (9:57 UT) |
19 | Asteroid (12) Victoria mag +9.8 is at opposition in Virgo (17 UT) |
19 | Mercury is at inferior conjunction (21 UT) |
22 | Lyrids meteor shower peaks ZHR = 20 (5 UT) |
22 | Moon passes 0.2 degrees south of Neptune mag +7.9, occultation is visible from Australia (19:50 UT) |
23 | Moon passes 5 degrees south of Venus mag -4.8 (18 UT) |
26 | New Moon (12:17 UT) |
27 | Moon is at perigee 359,323 km or 223,273 miles from Earth (16:08 UT) |
28 | Moon passes 6 degrees south of Mars mag +1.6 (8 UT) |
28 | Moon passes 0.5 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9, occultation is visible from East Europe, North Central Africa (17:42 UT) |