Best Night Sky Events of April 2015 (Stargazing Maps)
Venus, April 2015
Venus shines high in the western sky after sunset.
Mars, April 2015
Mars spends all of April in Aries, getting ever closer to the sun.
Jupiter, April 2015
Jupiter sits just well placed in the evening sky. It is in Cancer all month.
Saturn, April 2015
Saturn is just north of Scorpius' "claws," rising in the late evening.
Uranus, April 2015
Uranus is too close to the sun all month to be observed. It is in Pisces.
Neptune, April 2015
Neptune rises just before the sun in the constellation Aquarius.
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