Sky Guide April 2026

‘Set your alarm for 5:20 am on Thursday 16 April and look to the east for grouping of the planets Mars, Saturn and Mercury along with the waning crescent Moon. Don’t forget that Daylight Saving ends on the same day at 3:00 am with our clocks ‘falling’ back one hour!’
Moon Phases

Full Moon Thursday 2 April 1:12 pm AEDT
Summer time ends Sunday 5 April 3:00 am AEDT
Last quarter Friday 10 April 2:51 pm AEDT
New Moon Friday 17 April 9:52 pm AEDT
First quarter Friday 24 April 12:32 pm AEDT
Planets

EVENING
The two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, dominate the evening sky.
Venus is in the western sky, moving from Aries to Taurus just after the middle of the month. On 19 April, a very thin crescent Moon may be visible below and to the right or north of Venus, while on the next evening it is above and still to the right or north of the planet.













































