The phenomena of the month : April 2019
Times are given in UT for SCARBOROUGH (0° 25' 0" W, 54° 16' 3" N, zone 0 -UNIVERSAL TIME).

Date Hour Description of the phenomenon
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2019 04 01 00:14 Moon at apogee (geocentric dist. = 405577 km)
2019 04 02 11:37 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 04 02 11:59 Close encounter between Mercury and Neptune (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 0.4°)
2019 04 02 16:16 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2019 04 02 17:51 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2019 04 05 08:26 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 04 05 08:50 NEW MOON
2019 04 05 09:15 Opposition of the asteroid 7 Iris with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.824 AU; magn. = 9.4)
2019 04 05 20:47 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2019 04 08 01:03 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2019 04 08 05:15 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 04 09 22:05 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2019 04 10 01:10 Opposition of the asteroid 2 Pallas with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.537 AU; magn. = 7.9)
2019 04 10 06:04 Close encounter between Venus and Neptune (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 0.3°)
2019 04 10 08:00 Mercury at its aphelion (distance to the Sun = 0.46670 AU)
2019 04 10 12:57 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2019 04 11 02:04 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 04 11 18:00 GREATEST WESTERN ELONGATION of Mercury (27.6°)
2019 04 12 19:06 FIRST QUARTER OF THE MOON
2019 04 13 09:51 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2019 04 13 20:35 Close encounter between the Moon and M 44 (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 0.8°)
2019 04 13 22:53 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 04 16 02:33 Beginning of occultation of 53 Leo (magn. = 5.32)
2019 04 16 19:43 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 04 16 22:02 Moon at perigee (geocentric dist. = 364205 km)
2019 04 17 02:19 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2019 04 18 02:00 Venus at its aphelion (distance to the Sun = 0.72820 AU)
2019 04 18 18:38 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2019 04 18 19:21 Minimum of the variable star beta Lyrae
2019 04 19 11:12 FULL MOON
2019 04 19 16:32 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 04 20 04:32 Opposition of the asteroid 405 Thia with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 1.960 AU; magn. = 10.5)
2019 04 20 16:34 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini
2019 04 21 00:00 EASTER DAY
2019 04 22 13:21 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 04 22 19:30 Meteor shower : Lyrids (18 meteors/hour at zenith; duration = 9.0 days)
2019 04 22 23:07 CONJUNCTION between Uranus and the Sun (geoc. dist. centre to centre = 0.5°)
2019 04 24 01:02 Close encounter between the Moon and M 8 (topocentric dist. centre to centre = 1.8°)
2019 04 24 03:25 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2019 04 24 06:32 Maximum of the variable star eta Aquilae
2019 04 24 16:18 Opposition of the asteroid 44 Nysa with the Sun (dist. to the Sun = 2.428 AU; magn. = 9.9)
2019 04 25 10:10 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 04 26 22:18 LAST QUARTER OF THE MOON
2019 04 28 06:59 Minimum of the variable star Algol (beta Persei)
2019 04 28 18:20 Moon at apogee (geocentric dist. = 404582 km)
2019 04 29 12:13 Maximum of the variable star delta Cephei
2019 04 30 20:11 Maximum of the variable star zeta Gemini

(Using Coelix Software)