
06 Apr 00 00:00:00

06 Apr 2023ASTRONOMICAL > WORLDWIDE 00 00:00:00
Full Moon
The Full Moon in April also known as a Pink Moon. It is visible for much of the night, rising at around dusk and setting at around dawn.
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20 Apr 00 00:00:00

20 Apr 2023ASTRONOMICAL > WORLDWIDE 00 00:00:00
Hybrid Solar Eclipse
A hybrid solar eclipse is a very rare and strange astronomical event that only occurs a few times a century. A hybrid solar eclipse combines an annular and a total solar eclipse where the former becomes the latter and then usually reverts back. Therefore, observers at different points in the eclipse path can experience different phenomena. For example, if you watch a hybrid solar eclipse at sunrise or at sunset you may see a brief “ring of fire”. If you watch it at midday — so at the mid-point of the eclipse’s path across the surface of Earth — you’ll experience totality.
This eclipse will not be visible from the UK.
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23 Apr 00 00:00:00

23 Apr 2023ASTRONOMICAL > WORLDWIDE 00 00:00:00
Lyrid Meteor Shower
The Lyrid meteor shower will be active from 16 April to 25 April, producing its peak rate of meteors around 23 April.
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05 May 00 00:00:00

05 May 2023ASTRONOMICAL > WORLDWIDE 00 00:00:00
Full Moon
The Full Moon in May also known as a Flower Moon. It is visible for much of the night, rising at around dusk and setting at around dawn.
Image courtesy of NASA

06 May 00 00:00:00

06 May 2023ASTRONOMICAL > WORLDWIDE 00 00:00:00
Aquariids Meteor Shower
The Aquariid meteor shower will be active from 19 April to 28 May, producing its peak rate of meteors around 6 May. You are only likely to see only around 12 meteors per hour, at the shower’s peak. It will be visible in the UK from about 2:45 each night until dawn breaks around 04:50.
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04 Jun 00 00:00:00

04 Jun 2023ASTRONOMICAL > WORLDWIDE 00 00:00:00
Full Moon
The Full Moon in June also known as a Strawberry Moon. It is visible for much of the night, rising at around dusk and setting at around dawn.
Image courtesy of NASA