Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-01
Planets in April.


Venus is evening star until the 30th, when
she closes her brilliant career and disappears
from the western sky. She is not lost. however,
but reappears on the suns western side as
morning star, where for the next two hundred
and nlnety-two days she will pass through the
same phases in reversed order as have marked
her course as evening star. The planet during
the month when viewed through the telescope
Is beautiful crescent, becoming larger
sharper, and thinner as she approaches the
earth. A few mortals have seen Venus with
the naked eye in crescent form. Venus sets on
the lst at Oh. 2lm. p. m. On the 30th she rises
at An. 19m. a. m.
Jupiter is morning star. He rises on the lst
four hours before the sun, and Is on the me-
ridian soon after sunrise. Jupiter rises on the
1st at In. Am. am. On the 30th he rises at 1Ih
13m. pm.
Saturn is evening star. He ceases to retro
grade or move westward on the 18th. becomes
stationary for few days, and then, seeming to
turn sharp corner, commences to move in
direct course, or eastward and will continue to
do so until the end of the year. He will slowly
approach Regulus, meeting and passing the
star IN September. Saturn sets on the 1st at
3h Ism. am. On the Both he sets at H. 22m.
am.
Uranus is morning star until the 9th and then
becomes evening star. He is in opposition with
the sun on the 9th, at MONDAY, when sum- earth,
and Uranus are IN line, with the earth in the
.
earth and is visible to the naked eye
Mercury is morning star until the 25th when
he becomes evening star. He is in superior con-
junction with the sun on the 25th, at H. Aim.
am, is at his greatest distance from the earth.
and too near the sun to be visible during the
month.
i. Mars Is evening star. He is slowly approach
ing the sun, setting on the LIST an hour and a.
half later than the sun. Mars sets on the LIST
at III Som. pm. On the 30th he sets at 7h.
45m. pm.
Neptune is evening star. His right ascension
on the LIST is 3h 54m., his declination is 1So 3S'
north, his diameter is rs" and he is in the con-
stellation Taurus.
Mercury, Mars, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus
are evening stars at the close of the month
Venus and Jupiter are morning stars.
The April moon fulls on the 18th at 5h. Ism
p. m. The new moon, on the second day after
her change, Is in conjunction with Mars on the
LIST at Oh. Ism. p. m, being So 4 south She is
in conjunction with Venus on the Sd, at Oh
lin. a. m, being liz z south. She is in con-
junction with Neptune on the 4th at 5h, 32m a.
M, being 2 s. south. thus showing that Mars
Venus, and Neptune are not far apart, the sue
cessiye conjunctions of the moon marking the
relative positions of the planets. Our satellite
next draws near 90 Saturn on the 10th, at Sh
a. m, being II 10 north. The conjunction
takes place in daylight but an observer with
excellent eyesight, and with an excellent opera
glass, will be able to find the planet south of
tne HoOn Inc moon Will occult Saturn for
observers favorably situated, that is, for
those who see her in her geocen-
trio position, and are also between
30 and 55o north latitude. The moon
passes near Uranus on the 18th, at 3h 49m a.
M, being A AZ north. She makes a close con-
junction with Jupiter ON the 2Oth at Oh. IOm.
pm, being ~ north. Observers NAV easily
| md with the aid of an opera-glass, and in full
daylight, the moon and Jupiter close to her on
the south at the time of the conjunction. The
moon occults Jupiter at the same time for OBJ
servers favorably situated between $50 north
and 2Oo south latitude. Our satellite having
completed her circuit around the earth, comes
into conjunction with Venus for the second
time during the month, on the 29th at 6h. %.
m, being lO' 10 south. She makes a second
conjunction with Mercury on the 30th. at In
lOm. am, being 50 8 south. and with Mars on
the same day. at 10h. pm, being A. 81 south.
The sun rises on the LIST at 5h 2sm. a. m.
anu sets at Oh. linn. p. m, making the length
OF the day l2h. Ann. The sun rises on the 30th
at Al Ann. a. m, and sets at Oh. Ann D. m.
making the length of the day l4h The in,
crease IN the length Of the day during the
month Is In. Inn. The increase in the morn
ing is 46m., and in the evening Slim. The day
at the close OF April is All. 53n. longer than Il
was at the winter solstice.