181.

Messier 83 is well placed The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy M83 (NGC 5236; mag 7.2), a face-on spiral galaxy in Hydra culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 16 Apr 2019 (2,279 days ago) in Hydra

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Venus at aphelion Venus passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Wed, 17 Apr 2019 at 19:25 PDT (2,278 days ago) in Pisces

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Messier 3 is well placed The globular cluster M3 (NGC 5272; mag 6.3) in Canes Venatici culminates at around midnight local time. Thu, 18 Apr 2019 (2,277 days ago) in Canes Venatici

184.

Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Fri, 19 Apr 2019 at 04:12 PDT (2,276 days ago) in Virgo

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The Moon at aphelion The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon. Sun, 21 Apr 2019 at 19:04 PDT (2,274 days ago) in Scorpius

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Uranus at solar conjunction Uranus is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun – marking the end of one apparition and the beginning of the next. Mon, 22 Apr 2019 at 15:57 PDT (2,273 days ago) in Aries

187.

Lyrid meteor shower 2019 The Lyrid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 22 Apr 2019 (2,272 days ago) in Hercules

188.

Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°38'. Tue, 23 Apr 2019 at 04:34 PDT (2,272 days ago) in Ophiuchus

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Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other. Tue, 23 Apr 2019 at 04:57 PDT (2,272 days ago) in Ophiuchus

190.

Messier 101 is well placed The Pinwheel Galaxy M101 (NGC 5457; mag 7.9) in Ursa Major culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 23 Apr 2019 (2,272 days ago) in Ursa Major

191.

π-Puppid meteor shower 2019 The π-Puppid meteor shower reaches its peak. Tue, 23 Apr 2019 (2,271 days ago) in Puppis

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Asteroid 44 Nysa at opposition Asteroid 44 Nysa makes closest approach to the Earth. Wed, 24 Apr 2019 at 00:10 PDT (2,271 days ago) in Virgo

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Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 22'. Thu, 25 Apr 2019 at 07:26 PDT (2,270 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Close approach of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn pass close to each other. Thu, 25 Apr 2019 at 07:29 PDT (2,270 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Lunar occultation of Saturn The Moon will pass in front of Saturn, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania and New Caledonia amongst others. Thu, 25 Apr 2019 at 07:29 PDT (2,270 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Moon at Last Quarter The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise. Fri, 26 Apr 2019 at 15:18 PDT (2,269 days ago) in Capricornus

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The Moon at apogee The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month. Sun, 28 Apr 2019 at 11:19 PDT (2,267 days ago) in Aquarius

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Saturn enters retrograde motion Saturn reverses its direction of motion across the sky. Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 18:16 PDT (2,266 days ago) in Sagittarius

199.

Supernova SN2019ein discovered A new supernova has been discovered in NGC 5353. Tue, 30 Apr 2019 (2,264 days ago)

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The Moon at perihelion The Moon passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun, which happens each month around the time of new moon. Wed, 01 May 2019 at 23:08 PDT (2,264 days ago) in Cetus