April brings along its beautiful spring skies, but the main event will be the
Lyrid Meteor Shower, which is happening from Friday April 16th to Saturday the 25th.
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The Night Sky in April
4 Sun: Mercury is 3.0 degrees WNW of Venus in the evening sky.
6 Tue: 3rd Quarter Moon.
9 Fri: Moon is .8 degrees SE of the asteroid 6 Hebe in the predawn sky
11 Sun: Moon is 5.5 degrees NNW of Jupiter in the predawn sky
13 Tue: New Moon.
16 Fri: Moon is 4.0 degrees NNW of Venus if the evening sky.
17 Sat: Moon is 1.2 degrees WSW of Pleiades in the evening sky. Mars is 1.1 degrees NNE of the center of the Beehive Star Cluster.
21 Wed: 1st Quarter Moon.
22 Thu: Peak of the Lyrid Meteor Shower, which is active from the 16th through the 25th.
Moon is 3.3 degrees SSW of the Beehive Star Cluster.
25 Sun: Venus is 3.5 degrees SSE of Pleiades in the evening sky. Moon is 7.4 degrees SSW of Saturn.
28 Wed: Full Moon.