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  • International Day of Human Space Flight.

    The General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/65/271 of 7 April 2011, declared 12 April as the International Day of Human Space Flight “to celebrate each year at the international level the beginning […]

  • Full Moon

    Full Moon

    The Full Moon rises at sunset, and is visible all night. The Vatican Observatory's monthly Full Moon Meetup for Sacred Space Astronomy subscribers is held at 10:00 AM Tucson time.

  • Mars at Aphelion

    Mars will be at the farthest point in its orbit around the Sun on this date - 154,425,919.9 miles.  

  • J. A. Fleming died, 1945 (b. 1849).

    Illustration from the Bibliographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 1945. The Royal Society, London. Sir John Ambrose Fleming FRS died in 1945, aged 95 (born 29 November 1849). […]

  • Third Quarter Moon

    Last Quarter Moon

    The Moon is at Last Quarter (or Third Quarter) – rising around midnight, and visible to the south after sunrise.

  • International Earth Day

    First held in 1970, Earth Day is held annually on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection.

  • Lyrids Meteor Shower

    Peak: ~Apr 21-22, 2020 The Lyrids are a medium strength shower that usually produces good rates for three nights centered on the maximum. These meteors also usually lack persistent trains but can produce fireballs. These meteors are best seen from the northern hemisphere where the radiant is high in the sky at dawn. Activity from […]

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