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SkyWatch: April 2025
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Dates and times are Universal Time |
Location Information for Rise/Set times
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Sun Information
Currently (Sat, 2025 Apr 19 23:15 UT)
RA 01 50 00.8Dec +11 19 10.3
X 0.871839
Y 0.457870
Z 0.198471
R 1.004559
Local time for sunrise/sunset/twilight
Nautical Twilight (NT): Sun 12º below horizon
Astronomical Twilight (AT): Sun 18º below horizon
| Local Date | AT Start | NT Start | CT Start | Sun Rise | Sun Set | CT End | NT End | AT End |
| 2025 Apr 18 | 03:39 | 04:14 | 04:47 | 05:15 | 18:40 | 19:08 | 19:41 | 20:16 |
| 2025 Apr 19 | 03:37 | 04:12 | 04:46 | 05:14 | 18:41 | 19:09 | 19:42 | 20:18 |
| 2025 Apr 20 | 03:35 | 04:11 | 04:44 | 05:12 | 18:42 | 19:10 | 19:44 | 20:19 |
Moon Information
Currently (Sat, 2025 Apr 19 23:15 UT)
RA 19 16 38.8Selected Positions for April 2025
Dec -27 11 45.5
Phase -0.611 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.933 degrees
Diameter 30.50 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 99WLocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2025 Apr 18 23:39 04:04 08:24 2025 Apr 19 00:32 04:57 09:25 2025 Apr 20 01:17 05:51 10:35 Phases for 2025
New First Full Last
Dec 01 2024 06:22 Dec 08 2024 15:28 Dec 15 2024 09:03 Dec 22 2024 22:19
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Dec 30 2024 22:28 Jan 06 2025 23:57 Jan 13 2025 22:27 Jan 21 2025 20:31
Jan 29 2025 12:36 Feb 05 2025 08:03 Feb 12 2025 13:54 Feb 20 2025 17:33
Feb 28 2025 00:45 Mar 06 2025 16:32 Mar 14 2025 06:55 Mar 22 2025 11:30
Mar 29 2025 10:58 Apr 05 2025 02:15 Apr 13 2025 00:22 Apr 21 2025 01:36
Apr 27 2025 19:31 May 04 2025 13:53 May 12 2025 16:56 May 20 2025 11:59
May 27 2025 03:02 Jun 03 2025 03:42 Jun 11 2025 07:44 Jun 18 2025 19:20
Jun 25 2025 10:32 Jul 02 2025 19:31 Jul 10 2025 20:37 Jul 18 2025 00:38
Jul 24 2025 19:11 Aug 01 2025 12:42 Aug 09 2025 07:55 Aug 16 2025 05:13
Aug 23 2025 06:07 Aug 31 2025 06:26 Sep 07 2025 18:09 Sep 14 2025 10:34
Sep 21 2025 19:54 Sep 29 2025 23:54 Oct 07 2025 03:48 Oct 13 2025 18:13
Oct 21 2025 12:26 Oct 29 2025 16:22 Nov 05 2025 13:20 Nov 12 2025 05:29
Nov 20 2025 06:48 Nov 28 2025 07:00 Dec 04 2025 23:15 Dec 11 2025 20:52
Dec 20 2025 01:44 Dec 27 2025 19:11 Jan 03 2026 10:04 Jan 10 2026 15:49
Jan 18 2026 19:53 Jan 26 2026 04:48 Feb 01 2026 22:10 Feb 09 2026 12:44Planet Information
Currently (Sat, 2025 Apr 19 23:15 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 01 50 00.8 +11 19 10.3
Opposition 13 50 00.8 -11 19 10.3 180E 18:36 23:56 05:16
Mercury 00 12 21.6 -01 09 30.1 27W 04:27 10:19 16:12
Venus 23 37 02.8 +00 59 49.6 35W 03:37 09:38 15:31
Mars 08 12 01.8 +22 15 28.0 91E 11:06 18:20 01:33
Jupiter 05 11 34.4 +22 42 22.8 49E 08:05 15:20 22:35
Saturn 23 49 35.4 -03 16 37.7 33W 03:59 09:49 15:33
Uranus 03 32 15.0 +18 53 07.6 26E 06:42 13:42 20:42
Neptune 00 03 25.7 -01 00 51.3 29W 04:21 10:14 16:06
Pluto 20 26 23.8 -22 47 53.9 86W 01:45 06:25 10:58
Apr 01 2025 Apr 16 2025 Apr 30 2025
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Sun 00 41 03.8 +04 25 02.5 01 36 05.0 +10 00 24.2 03 30 45.7 +19 01 22.2
Opposition 12 41 03.8 -04 25 02.5 180E 13 36 05.0 -10 00 24.2 180E 15 30 45.7 -19 01 22.2 180E
Mercury 23 51 31.9 +00 50 26.4 13W 00 00 54.3 -01 51 17.0 26W 02 30 16.6 +12 55 54.7 16W
Venus 23 38 06.9 +05 30 42.8 16W 23 33 15.8 +01 27 46.5 32W 00 39 12.4 +03 14 10.0 45W
Mars 07 42 20.1 +24 03 34.5 102E 08 05 35.6 +22 39 52.0 93E 09 01 39.3 +18 42 58.7 77E
Jupiter 04 57 44.1 +22 21 20.7 64E 05 08 36.3 +22 38 19.2 52E 05 34 30.4 +23 05 54.7 29E
Saturn 23 41 34.3 -04 06 12.7 17W 23 48 02.6 -03 26 06.8 30W 23 59 15.6 -02 18 46.2 56W
Uranus 03 28 24.3 +18 39 14.5 43E 03 31 26.1 +18 50 13.0 29E 03 38 21.5 +19 14 20.2 2E
Neptune 00 00 57.0 -01 16 32.0 12W 00 02 57.1 -01 03 50.7 26W 00 06 20.1 -00 42 57.2 54W
Pluto 20 25 27.0 -22 47 35.2 68W 20 26 15.4 -22 47 38.3 83W 20 26 33.3 -22 52 20.6 112W