Thursday April 23 to Thursday April 30
The First Quarter Moon is Friday April 24. The Lunar X and V may be seen at this time. Venus climbs higher in the twilight. Jupiter dominates the north-western sky. In the morning Saturn, Mars, and Mercury form a line. On the 30th comet C/2025 R3 PANSTARS may be seen low in the western evening twilight.
The First Quarter Moon is Friday April 24. The Lunar X and V may be seen at this time.
SSky looking North-west on Friday April 24 as seen from Adelaide at 20:20 ACST (click to embiggen).
The First Quarter Moon is clearly visible above the horizon forming a triangle with Jupiter and Porcyon. The Lunar X and V may be seen in a telescope or strong binoculars. The inset shows the telescopic view at this time.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset).
Eastern horizon on the morning of Saturday, April 25 as seen from Adelaide at 5:51 ACST (60 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen).
Saturn, Mars, and Mercury form a line in the wilight.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (60 minutes before sunrise).
Western sky on the evening of Saturday, April 25 as seen from Adelaide at 18:36 ACST ( 60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen).
Venus is visible above the western horizon with Jupiter nearby, you may need a level, unobscured horizon to see it.
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset).
North-western sky on Saturday, April 25 as seen from Adelaide at 19:05 ACDST (90 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen). Jupiter forms a broad triangle with the bright stars Betelgeuse and Procyon, and a narrower triangle with the stars Castor and Pollux.
Western sky on Thursday, April 30 as seen from Adelaide at 18:30 ACST (60 minutes after sunset, click to embiggen). Comet C/2025 R3 may be visible in the twilight.
C/2025 R3 is not a sungrazer, it only gets as close to the sun as between the orbits of Mercury and Venus. Magnitude predictions run anywhere between magnitude 8 (about as bright as Neptune) and 2.8 (about as bright as delta Crucis), not spectacular but easily visible after nautical twilight.
A printable B&W spotters chart is here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1owJ0a64MuxgW644us2p5Ih0_yWw7G1Aq/view?usp=sharing
Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (60 minutes after sunset).
Whole sky on Saturday, April 25 as seen from Adelaide at 19:05 ACDST, 90 minutes after sunset (click to embiggen).
Jupiter is prominent in the north-west.
Mercury is sinking in the morning twilight, forming a line with Saturn and Mars .
Venus climbs higher in the evening twilight.
Mars is climbing in the twilight above Mercury.
Jupiter is seen most of the evening, setting before midnight. Jupiter forms a broad triangle with the bright stars Betelgeuse and Procyon, and a narrower triangle with the stars Castor and Pollux.
Saturn is climbing in the twilight above Mercury and Mars.
Star Map via Virtual sky. Use your mouse to scroll around and press 8 when your pointer is in the map to set to the current time.
Cloud cover predictions can be found at SkippySky.
Here is the near-real time satellite view of the clouds (day and night) http://satview.bom.gov.au/
Source: http://astroblogger.blogspot.com/2026/04/thursday-april-23-to-thursday-april-30.html
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