During the first three weeks of April, Venus and Jupiter appear closer and closer together in the pre-dawn sky. Then, on April 23, they are only half-a-degree apart, with a crescent Moon only a few degrees away!
Scheduled air date: 1998 Apr 13-19
During the first three weeks of April, Venus and Jupiter appear closer and closer together
in the pre-dawn sky. Then, on April 23, they are only half-a-degree apart, with a
crescent Moon only a few degrees away!
The above approximates a binocular view of the Moon, Venus and Jupiter just before sunrise
on April 23, as seen from mid-Northern latitudes.
The Moon will actually pass directly in front of Venus and Jupiter for viewers on the southeast coast of South America, and southwest coast of Africa, though it may be difficult to see. The best land-based view of this event is from Ascension Island, in the South Atlantic.
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