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2021, April 10: Morning Planets, Jupiter, Saturn
April 10, 2021: Jupiter and Saturn are the bright stars in the southeast before sunrise. Use a binocular to note their eastward movement compared to the background stars.
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2021, April 9: AM Jupiter, Saturn, PM Mars
April 9, 2021: Morning planets Jupiter and Saturn are in the southeast before sunrise with Capricornus as their starry background. During the evening, Mars continues to approach the Bull’s horns. Find the Red Planet about halfway up in the west after sunset
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2021, April 8: Mars Nears Bull’s Horns
April 8, 2021: In the evening sky, Mars approaches the Bull’s horns in the western sky after sunset. The planet is now higher than Betelgeuse, Orion’s second brightest star.
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2021, April 8: Bright Jupiter, Saturn, Crescent Moon
April 8, 2021: Jupiter and Saturn are low in the eastern sky before sunrise. As the sky brightens for the approaching sunrise, the crescent moon appears low in the east-southeast.
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2021, April 7: Moon, AM Planets, PM Mars in West
April 7, 2021: Bright Jupiter and Saturn are in the southeast before sunrise. The moon is low in the southeast, to the lower right of Jupiter. Find a clear horizon to see it. Today daylight is 13 long from Chicago’s latitude. After sunset, find Mars about halfway up in the west, below the Bull’s horns.
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2021, April 6: Mars in Sea of Stars
April 6, 2021: Find Mars in the west after sunset. It is approaching the Bull’s horns. Mars, not as bright as it was a few months ago, is in a sea of the bright winter stars.
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2021, April 6: Moon Dances with Saturn
April 6, 2021: This morning, the moon, Jupiter, and Saturn are low in the southeast before sunrise. The lunar crescent is 4.7° to the lower right of Saturn, while Jupiter is 12.5° to the lower left of the Ringed Wonder.
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2021, April 5: AM Lineup, PM Mars
April 5, 2021: The thick crescent moon, Saturn, and Jupiter are lined up in the southeastern sky this morning. Mars is in Taurus after sunset.
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2021, April 4: AM Moon, Planets, PM Mars
April 4, 2021: This morning the Last Quarter moon is near Sagittarius. Jupiter and Saturn are moving eastward in Capricornus. During the evening, Mars is marching eastward through Taurus, below the Bull’s horns.
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2021, April 3: AM Planet Pair, Gibbous Moon, PM Mars
April 3, 2021: Before sunrise, the bright gibbous moon is near the top of the lid of the Teapot of Sagittarius. Farther east, Jupiter and Saturn are in front of the stars of Capricornus. In the evening, Mars continues its eastward march in Taurus. It is between Aldebaran and Elnath this evening.
