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April Aprilis, in Roman mythology, this was the month of Aphrodite (Venus)
Saturday, April 3, 2004:
12 PM CST The planet Venus is 1/3 of a degree from the
Pleiades about 45 degrees from the Sun in the evening sky.
Sunday, April 4, 2004:
2 AM CST 2 AM CST becomes 3 AM CDT
Monday, April 5, 2004:
6:04 AM CDT Full Moon, the Grass Moon or Egg
Moon
Tuesday, April 6, 2004:
4 PM CDT Mercury ceases its prograde eastward motion away
from the Sun and the evening sky and begins its westward retrograde motion
towards the Sun.
Wednesday, April 7, 2004:
12:06 AM The Moon is at its ascending node. It is passing
through the plane of the Earths orbit and heading northeast.
Thursday, April 8, 2004:
The Moon is at perigee, its closest approach to the earth at
a distance of about 229,000 miles.
Friday, April 9, 2004:
Good Friday
Sunday, April 11, 2004:
Easter Sunday
Monday, April 12, 2004:
10:47 PM CDT Last Quarter Moon
2 PM CDT Mars is at heliocentric conjunction with Saturn,
that is, Mars is between the Sun and Saturn.
Wednesday, April 14, 2004:
7 PM CDT Venus is 9.6o north northwest of
Aldebaran in the constellation of Taurus the Bull.
Thursday, April 15, 2004:
1 AM CDT The equation of time is zero. The midpoint between
sunset and sunrise is at midnight or the apparent solar time is the same as the
mean solar time (watch).
Saturday, April 17 2004:
8 PM CDT Mercury is at inferior conjunction with the Sun, that is, Mercury is between the Earth and the Sun and is moving from the evening sky to the morning sky.
Sunday, April 18, 2004:
9 AM CDT The Sun leaves the constellation of Pisces the
fish and enters Aries the Ram.
Monday April 19, 2004:
1:23 AM CDT New Moon, the beginning of
lunation cycle # 1006
7:34 AM CDT Partial eclipse of the Sun, visible from
southern Africa
1 PM CDT The Sun leaves the astrological sign of Aries and
enter the astrological sing of Taurus,
Tuesday, April 20, 2004:
April Piscid radio meteor shower active April 8 29,
low rate
6:43 AM CDT The Moon is t its ascending node, that is, it
is crossing the plane of the Earths orbit and heading northeast
Thursday, April 22, 2004:
Lyrid meteor shower the closeness to the new moon makes
this a good year to observe this shower, active April 16 29, ZHR < 90
meteors/hour
Friday, April 23, 2004:
Pi Puppid meteor shower active April 15 28, ZHR < 40
meteors/hour
4 PM CDT Mercury is at its descending node, it is crossing
the plane of the Earths orbit and heading southeast
7:30 PM CDT 60th Meeting of the North
Houston Astronomy Club
5th Anniversary celebration of the founding of the
club on April 23, 1999.
Saturday, April 24, 2004:
National Astronomy Day (in Houston Astronomy Day is on
Saturday, October 16, 2004)
Delta Piscid radio meteor shower
9 PM CDT The Moon is at apogee, the point in its orbit
where it is furthest from the Earth ~ 254,000 miles
Tuesday, April 27, 2004:
12:33 PM CDT First Quarter Moon
Thursday, April 29, 2004: