Tuesday, April 05, 2022
Thursday April 7 to Thursday April 14
The First Quarter Moon is Saturday April 9. Mars is readily visible in the morning sky just above bright Venus and below Saturn. Over the week Saturn moves away from Mars. Jupiter is climbing higher in the twilight. On the 13th Jupiter and Neptune are spectacularly close (telescope only).
The First Quarter Moon is Saturday April 9. Apogee is Friday April 8.
Morning sky on Saturday April 9 as seen from Adelaide at 5:10 am ACST (90 minutes before sunrise). Venus and Mars form a line with Saturn. Jupiter is low to the horizon.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).
Elsewhere
in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent
time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury is lost to view.
Venus is high in the morning twilight and is moving away from Mars. Venus forms a line with Mars and Saturn.
Jupiter climbs higher the morning twilight below Venus, Saturn and Mars. On the 13th Jupiter and Neptune are spectacularly close (telescope only).
Star Map via Virtual sky. Use your mouse to scroll around and press 8 when your pointer is in the map to set to the current time.
Cloud cover predictions can be found at SkippySky.
Here is the near-real time satellite view of the clouds (day and night) http://satview.bom.gov.au/
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