The planets in April

The phase and relative sizes of the planets this month. Each planet is shown with south at the top, to show its orientation through a telescope

Mercury Mercury is a morning planet this month, reaching an impressive greatest western elongation, separated from the Sun by 27.4° on 21 April. Despite this, the planet’s position is not good from the UK and consequently it’s unlikely to be visible this month. Venus Best time to see: 1 April, 21:10 BST (20:10 UT) Altitude: 59° Location: Gemini Direction: South Along with several other planets, Venus can be found in the morning sky this month. On 1 April, Venus rises at 05:40 BST (04:40 UT), some 70 minutes before the Sun. It’s a bright object shining at mag. –4.1 and, having passed inferior conjunction last month, remains large with a small phase. On 1 April, through the eyepiece of a telescope Venus appears 56 arcseconds across and 3% lit, a beautifully slender crescent.…

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