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3	Moon near the Pleiades (evening sky) at 11h UT. • The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
4	Moon near Aldebaran (evening sky) at 5h UT.
6	Moon near Jupiter (evening sky) at 21h UT. Mag. -2.2. • Jupiter in 2013-14 (Damian Peach)
7	First Quarter Moon at 8:31 UT.
8	Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 15h UT (distance 404,500 km; angular size 29.5').
8	Mars at opposition at 21h UT. Mag. -1.5. Visible all night.
9	Moon near Beehive Cluster (evening sky) at 1h UT. • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
10	Moon near Regulus (evening sky) at 23h UT.
14	Mars nearest to Earth at 13h UT. Mag. -1.4.
14	Moon near Mars (midnight sky) at 18h UT.
15	Moon near Spica (midnight sky) at 3h UT.
15	Full Moon at 7:44 UT. • Full Moon Names (Wikipedia)
15	Total Eclipse of the Moon begins at 7:07 UT and ends at 8:25 UT. Mid-eclipse at 7:46 UT. Partial phases begin at 5:58 UT and end at 9:33 UT. The Moon will appear red-orange in color during totality (the Earth's shadow). Visible from North and South America, and much of the Pacific. • Total Lunar Eclipse of 2014 April 15 (NASA)
17	Moon very near Saturn (155° from Sun, morning sky) at 7h UT. Mag. +0.2. Occultation visible from the southern Pacific and southern South America. • Occultation of Saturn (IOTA)
18	Moon near Antares (morning sky) at 14h UT.
22	Last Quarter Moon at 7:52 UT.
22	Lyrid meteor shower peaks at 17:45 UT. Active April 16-25. Radiant is between Hercules and Lyra. Expect 10 to 20 bright, fast meteors per hour at its peak. Moonlight interferes with viewing conditions this year. • The Lyrids (Gary Kronk) • Meteor Shower Calendar 2014 (IMO)
23	Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 0h UT (369,765 km; angular size 32.3').
25	Moon near Venus (morning sky) at 21h UT. Mag. -4.1.
26	Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun at 3h UT. The elusive planet passes into the evening sky.
29	New Moon at 6:17 UT. Start of lunation 1130. • Lunation Number (Wikipedia)
29	Annular Solar Eclipse (non-central) in Antarctica. Partial eclipse visible from southern Indian Ocean and Australia between 3:53 UT and 8:14 UT. • Annular Solar Eclipse of 2014 April 29 (NASA)

>>> All times Universal Time (UT). USA Central Standard Time = UT-6 hours. (DST = UT-5 hrs,)

Zodiacal Light is caused by sunlight reflected off meteoric dust in the plane of the solar system. Choose a clear, moonless night, about 1-2 hours after sunset, and look for a large triangular-shaped glow extending up from the horizon (along the ecliptic). The best months to view the Zodiacal Light is when the ecliptic is almost vertical at the horizon: March and April (evening) and October-November (morning); times reversed for the southern hemisphere.
• Zodiacal Light (Wikipedia)
• Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)
• Photographing the Zodiacal Light (Weatherscapes)