Thursday April 10 to Thursday April 17
The Full Moon is Sunday April 13. Jupiter and Mars are visible in the evening sky. Jupiter is past opposition and is visible all evening long, forming a line with the stars Aldebaran and Elnath. Mars is high in the early evening sky forming a line with the bright stars castor and Pollux. Look for the constellation Corona Borealis in the morning skies, the blaze star T Coronae Borealis (TCrB) may go Nova eventually. Saturn, Venus and Mercury are visible low in the morning twilight. Mercury is close to Saturn between the 10th and 12th.
The Full Moon is Sunday April 13. Apogee, when the Moon is furthest from the earth, is on the 14th.
Eastern twilight sky on the morning of Saturday, April 12 as seen from Adelaide at 05:42 ACST (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).
Saturn is visible in the twilight forming a triangle with Mercury and Venus.
The inset is the telescope view of Venus at this time. (click to embiggen).
North-western sky on the morning of Saturday, April 12 as seen from Adelaide at 05:13 ACST (90 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen)
If you look to the North-west at astronomical twilight (90 minutes before sunrise), you will see a prominent bright orange star, Arcturus, if you look northwardst you will see a dainty circlet of stars. Corona Borealis, the northern crown. The blaze star T CrB is located on the right-hand side to the circlet, where the line of stars turns down, there are no other bright stars in the region, so when it erupts it will be easily visible. Viewing tips at my T CrB post.
North-western sky on Saturday, April 12 as seen from Adelaide at 19:20 ACST (90 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen). Jupiter is in the north-west forming a line with the stars Aldebaran and Elnath; Mars forms a line with Castor and Pollux.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes after sunset).
Whole sky on Saturday, Saturday, April 5 as seen from Adelaide at 20:38 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen).
Jupiter is in the north-west. Mars is in the north.
Elsewhere in Australia will see a similar view at the equivalent time (90 minutes after sunset).
Mercury climbs higher in the morning twilight. On the 10th to the 12th Mercury is close to Saturn forming a triangle with Venus.
Venus climbs higher in the morning twilight. It is near to Mercury and Saturn
Mars is high in the evening sky. Mars was at opposition, when it is biggest and brightest as seen from Earth, on January the 16th.
Jupiter is sinking in the the north-western evening sky when the sky is fully dark. Jupiter forms a line with the stars Aldebaran and Elnath.
Saturn is rising in the morning the twilight. On the 10th to the 12th Mercury is close to Saturn forming a triangle with Venus.
Star Map via Virtual sky. Use your mouse to scroll around and press 8 when your pointer is in the map to set to the current time.
Cloud cover predictions can be found at SkippySky.
Here is the near-real time satellite view of the clouds (day and night) http://satview.bom.gov.au/
Source: http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/2025/04/thursday-april-10-to-thursday-april-17.html
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