April 2019

The information linked was taken from In-The-Sky website by Dominc Ford.

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Monday 1st	The Moon at apogee M104 is well placed
Tuesday 2nd	The Moon at perihelion Conjunction of the Moon and Venus Close approach of the Moon and Venus Conjunction of Mercury and Neptune
Wednesday 3rd	Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury
Thursday 4th	M94 is well placed
Friday 5th	New Moon Asteroid 7 Iris at opposition NGC 4755 is well placed
Saturday 6th	Asteroid 2 Pallas at opposition
Tuesday 9th	Conjunction of the Moon and Mars Close approach of the Moon and Mars
Wednesday 10th	Conjunction of Venus and Neptune Mercury at aphelion
Thursday 11th	Mercury at greatest elongation west
Friday 12th	Virginid meteor shower Moon at First Quarter
Saturday 13th	Mercury at dichotomy 136199 Eris at solar conjunction Close approach of the Moon and M44 NGC 5128 is well placed Omega-Cen is well placed
Sunday 14th	M51 is well placed
Tuesday 16th	136108 Haumea at opposition The Moon at perigee M83 is well placed
Wednesday 17th	M3 is well placed
Thursday 18th	Venus at aphelion
Friday 19th	Full Moon
Monday 22nd	The Moon at aphelion
Tuesday 23rd	Uranus at solar conjunction Lyrid meteor shower Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter M101 is well placed
Thursday 25th	Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Saturn Close approach of the Moon and Pluto
Friday 26th	Moon at Last Quarter
Sunday 28th	α–Scorpiid meteor shower The Moon at apogee

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