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Night planner
Choose a date to see astronomical darkness, Moon interference, Galactic Centre visibility, and planet altitudes and times.
HIP 59532 lunar occultation7:55 pm to 9:08 pm; Moon at 35° altitude for the first listed contact.
HIP 63225 lunar occultation7:32 pm to 8:40 pm; Moon at 24° altitude for the first listed contact.
Comet 34D47° altitude; magnitude 16.8.
April highlights
Occultations
HIP 59423 lunar occultation
7:05 pm to 7:52 pm; Moon at 24° altitude for the first listed contact.
Planetary events
Mercury greatest western elongation
Morning sky; 27.8° from the Sun.
Comets
Comet 29P
65° altitude; magnitude 17.4.
Minor planets
15 Eunomia
77° altitude; magnitude 10.0.
Milky Way
Milky Way core window
7h 05m with 89° altitude.
Moon phases
98%
76%
14%
29%
92%
For faint deep-sky objects, observe when the Moon is below the horizon or weakly illuminated. For lunar relief, observe near the terminator; full Moon is best suited to ray systems and albedo features.
Jupiter
Uranus
Venus
Neptune
Mercury
Saturn
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