The Solar Almanac

This month's events in astronomy.

 

 30 days hath April 2008. 

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Tuesday
1
April 2008
05:01:40  Moonrise.
07:01:23  Mercury Earliest Rising.
07:23:15  Sunrise.
15:14:43  Moonset.
20:04:52  Sunset.
Wednesday
2
April 2008
00:16:18  Pluto Stationary in Right Ascension, 18h04m46s.
02:56:07  Neptune 0.8°N of Moon.
03:20:41  Neptune Least Elongation from Moon, 00°46'24".
05:29:34  Moonrise.
07:18:06  Neptune 2.2°W of Moon.
07:21:39  Sunrise.
16:24:01  Moonset.
20:05:53  Sunset.
Thursday
3
April 2008
05:55:03  Moonrise.
07:20:03  Sunrise.
17:34:29  Moonset.
19:44:30  Uranus 5.5°E of Moon.
20:06:54  Sunset.
Friday
4
April 2008
02:39:17  Uranus Least Elongation from Moon, 02°01'28".
03:47:56  Uranus 2.2°S of Moon.
04:17:38  Venus 7.0°E of Moon.
06:19:34  Moonrise.
07:18:28  Sunrise.
10:52:53  Mercury 9.4°E of Moon.
17:30:49  Venus Least Elongation from Moon, 03°57'18".
18:16:45  1-Ceres at Least Brilliancy, +8.96.
18:46:38  Moonset.
20:07:55  Sunset.
21:21:59  Venus 4.4°S of Moon.
Saturday
5
April 2008
03:23:05  Mercury Least Elongation from Moon, 04°20'04".
06:11:36  Mercury 4.7°S of Moon.
06:44:41  Moonrise.
07:16:53  Sunrise.
11:07:24  Sun 7.2°E of Moon.
20:01:20  Moonset.
20:08:56  Sunset.
22:56:28  Moon in Conjunction with Sun.
22:56:28  Moon at New Moon.
Sunday
6
April 2008
00:16:16  Sun Least Elongation from Moon, 03°22'53".
01:48:25  Sun 3.6°S of Moon.
03:08:30  Mercury Brightens to Magnitude -1.00.
07:12:05  Moonrise.
07:15:18  Sunrise.
20:09:57  Sunset.
21:19:03  Moonset.
Monday
7
April 2008
02:29:48  Moon 2.4°S of 433-Eros.
03:27:09  Moon Least Elongation from 433-Eros, 02°19'15".
07:13:44  Sunrise.
07:43:49  Moonrise.
11:53:21  Moon 6.0°E of 433-Eros.
14:30:31  Moon at Perigee, 224 375 miles.
20:10:57  Sunset.
22:38:59  Moonset.
Tuesday
8
April 2008
07:12:11  Sunrise.
08:22:16  Moonrise.
20:11:58  Sunset.
23:58:14  Moonset.
Wednesday
9
April 2008
04:02:15  Moon Least Elongation from 1-Ceres, 04°23'39".
04:40:03  Moon 4.4°N of 1-Ceres.
07:10:37  Sunrise.
09:09:52  Moonrise.
20:12:59  Sunset.

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Thursday
10
April 2008
01:11:53  Moonset.
07:09:05  Sunrise.
09:10:21  Jupiter at Western Quadrature.
10:07:49  Moonrise.
12:43:14  Moon Northernmost Declination, 27°48'35".
18:12:12  Moon Highest Culmination, 77°45'34" high.
20:14:00  Sunset.
Friday
11
April 2008
02:15:12  Moonset.
07:07:32  Sunrise.
11:14:38  Moonrise.
20:15:01  Sunset.
Saturday
12
April 2008
01:57:25  Mars 0.4°S of Moon.
02:10:33  Mars Least Elongation from Moon, 00°25'09".
03:06:23  Moonset.
07:06:01  Sunrise.
09:47:21  Mercury Greatest Distance from Earth, 124 469 555 miles.
12:26:12  Moonrise.
13:32:59  Moon at Eastern Quadrature.
13:32:59  Moon at First Quarter.
20:16:02  Sunset.
20:16:02  Moon Greatest Nocturnal Altitude, 73°09'35".
Sunday
13
April 2008
03:46:44  Moonset.
07:04:30  Sunrise.
13:38:11  Moonrise.
19:20:28  Mars Dims to Magnitude +1.00.
20:17:02  Sunset.
Monday
14
April 2008
04:18:57  Moonset.
07:02:59  Sunrise.
14:47:54  Moonrise.
20:18:03  Sunset.
21:38:01  Mercury Brightens to Magnitude -2.00.
Tuesday
15
April 2008
00:17:18  Saturn 7.0°E of Moon.
04:45:39  Moonset.
07:01:29  Sunrise.
11:11:33  Saturn Least Elongation from Moon, 02°55'56".
12:39:49  Saturn 3.1°N of Moon.
15:54:37  Moonrise.
20:19:04  Sunset.
20:45:48  Sun 0.7°N of Mercury.
Wednesday
16
April 2008
02:25:28  Mercury in Conjunction with Sun.
04:22:41  Sun Least Elongation from Mercury, 00°38'06".
05:08:57  Moonset.
07:00:00  Sunrise.
09:20:28  Mercury at Greatest Brilliancy, -2.14.
15:41:28  Venus at Least Brilliancy, -3.89.
16:58:45  Moonrise.
20:20:05  Sunset.
Thursday
17
April 2008
04:16:15  Sun 1.3°W of Mercury.
05:30:28  Moonset.
06:58:32  Sunrise.
18:01:16  Moonrise.
20:21:06  Sunset.
Friday
18
April 2008
05:51:33  Moonset.
06:57:04  Sunrise.
08:11:44  3-Juno Stationary in Right Ascension, 17h58m41s.
10:13:06  Mercury Dims to Magnitude -2.00.
19:03:07  Moonrise.
20:22:06  Sunset.
Saturday
19
April 2008
06:13:24  Moonset.
06:55:38  Sunrise.
20:05:08  Moonrise.
20:23:07  Sunset.

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Sunday
20
April 2008
05:26:42  Moon at Opposition in Longitude.
05:26:42  Moon at Full Moon.
06:37:13  Moonset.
06:54:12  Sunrise.
06:59:41  Sun Greatest Elongation from Moon, 174°35'51".
20:24:08  Sunset.
21:07:37  Moonrise.
Monday
21
April 2008
06:52:46  Sunrise.
07:04:20  Moonset.
20:25:09  Sunset.
22:10:06  Moonrise.
Tuesday
22
April 2008
06:51:22  Sunrise.
07:36:10  Moonset.
20:26:10  Sunset.
23:11:21  Moonrise.
Wednesday
23
April 2008
04:40:18  Moon at Apogee, 252 252 miles.
06:49:59  Sunrise.
08:14:08  Moonset.
20:27:11  Sunset.
Thursday
24
April 2008
00:09:19  Moonrise.
06:48:36  Sunrise.
08:59:15  Moonset.
12:09:04  Mercury at Perihelion, 28 583 264 miles.
17:34:46  Moon Southernmost Declination, -27°41'36".
20:28:12  Sunset.
Friday
25
April 2008
01:01:55  Moonrise.
05:26:47  Moon Lowest Upper Culmination, 22°27'51" high.
06:47:15  Sunrise.
09:51:39  Moonset.
20:29:12  Sunset.
Saturday
26
April 2008
01:47:48  Moonrise.
06:45:55  Sunrise.
10:50:16  Moonset.
19:54:21  Mercury 4.4°S of 433-Eros.
20:30:13  Sunset.
22:54:20  Jupiter 3.3°N of Moon.
23:23:01  Jupiter Least Elongation from Moon, 03°16'57".
Sunday
27
April 2008
02:26:53  Moonrise.
06:44:35  Sunrise.
11:53:12  Moonset.
20:31:14  Sunset.
Monday
28
April 2008
03:00:04  Moonrise.
06:43:17  Sunrise.
09:13:00  Moon at Western Quadrature.
09:13:00  Moon at Last Quarter.
12:58:37  Moonset.
13:08:22  Mercury Least Elongation from 433-Eros, 03°59'16".
20:32:15  Sunset.
Tuesday
29
April 2008
03:28:45  Moonrise.
06:42:00  Sunrise.
06:42:00  Moon Greatest Nocturnal Altitude, 28°27'49".
14:05:21  Moonset.
15:37:04  Neptune 0.1°E of Moon.
15:49:32  Neptune Least Elongation from Moon, 00°03'43".
15:49:32  Moon Occultation of Neptune, 2023 to 2115 UT.
15:52:36  Neptune 0.1°S of Moon.
20:10:33  Mercury Dims to Magnitude -1.00.
20:33:15  Sunset.
21:23:48  Saturn Greatest Nocturnal Altitude, 62°33'20".
Wednesday
30
April 2008
00:12:01  Saturn Northernmost Declination, 12°33'24".
03:54:29  Moonrise.
06:40:44  Sunrise.
15:13:09  Moonset.
20:34:16  Sunset.

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Concepts: Diary of Phenomena, Occultations, Planetary Phenomena, Phases of the Moon, Elongations, Magnitudes, Risings, Settings, Geocentric, Planets, Asteroids, Conjunctions, Oppositions, Stationary Points, Perihelion, Aphelion