Crescent Moon is near jupiter
Sunday, April 22: Crescent Moon is near jupiter
Look to the western sky after sunset, and you’ll see a slender crescent Moon hanging just a few degrees under Jupiter. The pretty conjunction appears even more spectacular against the colorful background of twilight. Unfortunately jupiter will disappear in the Sun’s glare by the end of the month and won’t return to view until it climbs into the morning sky in June.
The Moon reaches apogee, the farthest point in its orbit around Earth. It then lies 406,419 kilometers from Earth’s center.
The position of Saturn in Virgo
Wednesday, April 25: The position of Saturn in Virgo
Although Saturn reached its peak April 15, when it appeared opposite the Sun in our sky, our view of the ringed planet hardly diminishes this week. It remains on display all night among the background stars of Virgo, hanging in the southeastern sky as darkness falls and climbing high in the south by midnight local daylight time.
Saturn continues to shine brightly, too, at magnitude 0.3. It appears noticeably brighter than Virgo’s brightest star, Spica, which lies 5° southwest of the planet.