🌑 Moon

• New Moon: Sunday, April 27 at 21:31 CEST
• First Quarter: Sunday, May 4 at 15:52 CEST
• Planetary Encounters:
  • Close approach to Jupiter: Wednesday, April 30
  • Conjunction with Mars: Saturday, May 3

🪐 Planets

• Mercury and Neptune: not observable in the morning sky due to the low inclination of the ecliptic.
• Venus (–4.8 mag): bright Morning Star, visible even in the daytime sky if you know where to look.
• Saturn (1.2 mag): low and faint; its rings are almost invisible due to a very small tilt this year.
• Uranus (5.8 mag): likely no longer visible in the evening sky.
• Jupiter (–2 mag): bright in the west after sunset.
• Mars (0.9 mag): high up, near the M44 Beehive Cluster in Cancer.

☀️ Sun

• Activity: moderate.

Author: Martin Gembec