What’s Up in the Sky? April 2025
AAA Observers’ April Guide
April’s Evening Planets:
Jupiter will be in Taurus the Bull until 1 AM and setting earlier later every night. You can find red Mars all night moving between Gemini the Twins and Cancer the Crab through April. Uranus is in Taurus the Bull until 11 PM and earlier every night until 9 PM by the end of the month.
April’s Evening Stars:
The Winter Triangle will be up until around 11 PM, and setting earlier every night: Sirius, the brightest star viewed from Earth is in Canis Major the Great Dog, Betelgeuse is in Orion the Hunter, and Procyon is in Canis Minor the Small Dog. Spot Capella in Auriga the Charioteer, Arcturus in Bootes the Herdsman, Regulus in Leo the Lion, Spica in Virgo the Virgin, and bright Castor and Pollux in Gemini the Twins. Also find the stars of constellations Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Hercules, Cancer, Perseus, Draco, Virgo, Leo, Hydra, and Ursa Major and Ursa Minor (the Big and Little Dippers).
April’s Morning Planets:
Bright Venus will be up as of 5 AM in Pisces the Fish. Find Mercury in Pisces the Fish as of 5:30 AM in the second half of April. Spot Saturn in Pisces the Fish as of 5 Am in the last week of the month. Neptune is in Pisces the Fish as of 6 AM and rising earlier every day. Dwarf Pluto is in between Sagittarius the Archer and Capricornus the Sea-goat of 4 AM and lingering until morning.
April’s Morning Stars:
The Summer Triangle of Vega in Lyra the Harp, Deneb in Cygnus the Swan, and Altair in Aquila the Eagle will be up until sunrise. Look for reddish Antares in Scorpius the Scorpion, Arcturus in Boötes the Herdsman, and Spica in Virgo the Maiden, along with the stars of constellations Leo, Hercules, Serpens, Libra, Cassiopeia, Ophiuchus, Cepheus, Pegasus, Andromeda, Draco, and Ursa Major and Ursa Minor (the Big and Little Dippers).
April Skylights
April 4 First Quarter Moon at 10:15 PM
April 12 Full Pink Moon, at 8:20 PM, Most distant (smallest) full Moon of 2025
April 13 Moon at apogee (252,500 miles away)
April 20 Last quarter Moon at 9:35 PM
April 22 Lyrid meteor shower peaks – Predawn
April 25 Moon, Venus, Saturn triangle – Predawn
April 27 Venus at its brightest in 2025
April 27 New Moon at 3:30 PM
April 27 Moon at perigee (221,900 miles away)
(Times given in EDT)
