As the planets rise in April we're given stunning views, if you know where to look.
are within six degrees of separation, but each morning thereafter the configuration noticeably changes. Mars and Saturn approach each other more closely than the apparent diameter of the moon on April 5.
On April 30, Venus and Jupiter stand side-by-side, separated by 0.45 degrees for North America and visible together in a telescope's low-to-medium power view. Jupiter will appear round, three of its four Galilean satellites will be visible and Venus will look slightly more than half-lit. Technically, the ecliptic represents the extension or projection of the plane of the Earth's orbit out towards the sky. But since the moon and planets move in orbits, whose planes do not differ greatly from that of the Earth's orbit, these bodies, when visible in our sky, always stay relatively close to the ecliptic line.
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