National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) announced the major sky events of April which will start tomorrow.
Dr. Ashraf Tadres, the Director of NRIAG, said that the first sky event in April will start tomorrow which is the rise of the new month's crescent moon.
Next, there will be a conjunction between Mars and Saturn on April 5 at 3:20 am until the twilight between April 3 and 7.
On April 9, a conjunction between the moon and Pollux between the beginning of the night until 1:30 am. On the next day, the moon will stand on the same line with Cancer’s Beehive Cluster star starting from 2 am until the morning of the following day. However, this phenomenon will need telescopes to be observed.
The full Pink Moon will shine on April 16. Moreover, between April 16 to April 25, the Lyrids Meteor Shower will take place.
From April 24 and 30, there will a conjunction between the moon and Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter. All the conjunctions will take place between 4 am and the dawn.
Mercury will appear in the sky on April 29, and it will shine directly after the sunset.
Finally, on April 30, there will be a partial solar eclipse but it will not visible in the Middle East and North Africa.
On the same day, the crescent moon of Shawal will rise after the sunset.
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