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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 occultation9:21 pm to 10:29 pm; Moon at 30° altitude for the first listed contact.
HIP 59983 lunar occultation1:32 am to 2:36 am; Moon at 50° altitude for the first listed contact.
HIP 59984 lunar occultation1:32 am to 2:35 am; Moon at 50° altitude for the first listed contact.
April highlights
Occultations
HIP 59423 lunar occultation
8:22 pm to 9:27 pm; Moon at 20° altitude for the first listed contact.
Planetary events
Mercury greatest western elongation
Morning sky; 27.8° from the Sun.
Minor planets
15 Eunomia
61° altitude; magnitude 10.0.
Comets
Comet 29P
49° altitude; magnitude 17.4.
Milky Way
Milky Way core window
7h 45m with 76° 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
Saturn
Mercury
Mars
