Monday, April 03, 2023
Thursday April 6 to Thursday April 13
The Last Quarter Moon is Thursday, April 13. Venus is prominent in the twilight and close to the iconic Pleiades cluster between the 10th and 13th. Saturn is climbing in the morning twilight. Bright Mars, is coming close to the bright star Metsuba.
The Last Quarter Moon is Thursday, April 13.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (90 minutes before sunrise).
Evening sky on Thursday, April 13 as seen from Adelaide at 18:56 ACST, (60 minutes after sunset, click
to embiggen). Venus is low above the horizon close to The Pleiades cluster. You will need an unobstructed horizon and binoculars to see the pair at their best. The inset is the approximate binocular view of Venus and the Pleiades.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset).
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at the equivalent
local time (60 minutes after sunset).
Between the bright star
Canopus and the Southern Cross are another wealth of binocular objects to
discover.
Elsewhere
in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury returns to the morning twilight, but will be almost impossible to see.
Venus climbs higher in the twilight and is close to to the Pleiades between the 10th and 13th.
Mars is coming close to the bright star Metsuba.
Jupiter is now lost in the twilight.
Saturn climbs higher in the morning skies.
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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