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What’s In April’s Skies By Matt Woods
2022 AUTUMN EDITION
Planets: Mercury reappears halfway through April and will be very low in the Western sky in the constellation of Taurus (The Bull), it’s the only planet in the early evening. It will reach its greatest th elongation in the West on Friday the 29 of April in the evening, and it’ll begin to make its way back towards the Sun before disappearing again in the Sun’s glare at the end of the month. Venus can be found at the start of April in a conjunction with Mars and Saturn. You’ll be able to find Venus in the constellation of Aquarius (The Water-Bearer) late at night but as we move through April, Venus will move away from Mars and it’ll move into the constellation of Pisces (The Fish) with Jupiter, ending the month in a conjunction with Jupiter. Mars can be found just above Saturn in conjunction, and both planets with Venus at the start of April. It’ll start the month, you’ll find Mars in the constellation of Capricornus (The Sea-Goat) but by the end of April, you’ll find it in the constellation of Aquarius in the middle between Saturn and Venus/ Jupiter. Jupiter can be seen in the constellation of Pisces throughout April. It spends April mostly on its own until Venus joins it at the end of April. Saturn can be found in the constellation of Capricornus throughout April. It’ll be between Mars and Venus at the start of April, but by the end of the month, it’ll be on its own. Neptune will be in the early morning sky in the constellation of Pisces just below Jupiter at the start of April. By the end of April, Neptune will be just above Venus and Jupiter.
The planets in alignment on the 15/04/22 at 5 am (AWST)
Mercury’s greatest elongation in the west on the evening of the 29/04/2022
