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A table listing some of the Astronomical Phenomena for April 2015:

Phenomena April

1Moon is at apogee 406,014 km or 252,285 miles from Earth (12:50 UT)
4Full Moon. Total Lunar Eclipse visible from Eastern Australia, Asia (moonrise) and the Americas (moonset) (12:00 UT)
5Moon passes 3.5 degrees north of Spica mag +1.0 (5 UT)
6Uranus is in conjunction with the Sun (14 UT)
6Comet 88P/Howell reaches perihelion
8Moon passes 2 degrees north of Saturn mag +0.3 (13 UT)
8Jupiter mag -2.3 is stationary in Cancer, afterwards resumes direct motion (20 UT)
8Moon passes 9 degrees north of Antares mag +1.0 (21 UT)
10Mercury is at superior conjunction (4 UT)
11Venus mag. -4.1 passes 2.5 degrees south of open cluster M45 The Pleiades
12Dwarf planet Haumea mag 17.2 is at opposition in Boötes distance 49.8 AU from the Earth
12Last quarter Moon (3:45 UT)
14Vesta mag. +8.0 passes 3 degrees south of Neptune mag +8.0 (9 UT)
15Moon passes 4 degrees north of Neptune mag +8.0 (13 UT)
17Moon is at perigee 361,025 km or 224,331 miles from Earth (3:41 UT)
18Venus is at perihelion 0.718 AU (approx. 107 million kms or 66.7 million miles) from the Sun (9 UT)
18New Moon (18:57)
19Moon passes 3.5 degrees south of Mercury mag -1.4 (11 UT)
19Moon passes 3 degrees south of Mars mag +1.4 (19 UT)
19Mercury is at perihelion 0.308 AU (approx. 46.1 million kms or 28.6 million miles) from the Sun (20 UT)
20Asteroid (20) Massalia mag +9.3 is at opposition in Virgo
21Venus mag. -4.1 passes 7.5 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9 (5 UT)
21Moon passes 1 degrees north of Aldebaran mag +0.9, occultation visible from NW United States, Northern Britain Isles (17 UT)
21Moon passes 7 degrees south of Venus mag -4.1 (18 UT)
21Asteroid (64) Angelina mag +10.9 is at opposition in Virgo
21Dwarf planet Makemake mag +16.9 is at opposition in Coma Berenices distance 51.6 AU from the Earth
22Lyrids meteor shower peaks ZHR = 20 (23 UT)
23Mercury mag -1.1 passes 1.4 degrees north of Mars mag +1.4 (7 UT)
23Asteroid (11) Parthenope mag +9.7 is at opposition in Virgo
23Asteroid (19) Fortuna mag +10.7 is at opposition in Virgo
25Moon passes 12 degrees south of Pollux mag +1.1 (5 UT)
25First quarter Moon (23:56 UT)
26Moon passes 6 degrees south of Jupiter mag -2.2 (18 UT)
28Moon passes 4 degrees south of Regulus mag +1.4 (4 UT)
29Moon is at apogee 405,083 km or 251,707 miles from Earth (07:16 UT)