View at EarthSky Community Photos. | John Merriam in St. Augustine, Florida caught the moon and planets on April 18, 2020. See the little arc of 3 planets in the upper right of this photo? From right to left, they are are Jupiter (brightest), Saturn and Mars. The moon has now moved past the planets and is heading in the sunrise direction. New moon will be April 22-23, leaving the skies dark around mid-week this week for the Lyrid meteor shower. Thank you, John!Our friend Alexander Krivenyshev of WorldTimeZone.com captured this image on April 17, 2020. He wrote: ” … got up early (3:50 a.m. alarm clock for 4:07 a.m. moonrise) to photograph Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and waning crescent moon. Rising early morning, taking advantage of coolish (37 degrees F) clear skies over New York City. Stay well!” Thanks, Alexander … you stay well, too!Waning moon and 3 planets on April 17, 2020 from Lee Capps. Thanks, Lee!Eliot Herman in Tucson, Arizona caught the planets on April 15, 2020. Thank you, Eliot!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Chuck Reinhart of Vincennes, Indiana, took this photo at 5:30 a.m. on April 15. He said: “I got up early to photograph Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars close to the moon.” Thank you, Chuck!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | From Paul Armstrong, who said: “Mars, Saturn and Jupiter this morning [April 15] from Exmoor, UK.” Thanks, Paul!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Jenney Disimon captured the April 15 line-up of planets from Sabah, N Borneo. Thank you, Jenney!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Steve Pond in East Grinstead, Southern England, said: “Wednesday morning moon sitting beneath Saturn and Jupiter, and forming a nice triangle in the sky.” Thank you, Steve!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Binocular view of the moon/Jupiter conjunction on April 15, 2020, via Dr Ski in the Philippines. See Jupiter’s moons? That glimpse is very similar to what ordinary binoculars – like those you might use for birdwatching – will show you. Thanks, Dr Ski!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Did you see the planets and moon this morning? Dr Ski in Valenica, Philippines, caught them, with the moon poised above Jupiter (brightest), Saturn (middle) and Mars (reddish). Thanks again, Dr Ski!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Terri Norris in Springfield, Ohio, saw the moon and 3 planets on April 14 and caught them in this double-exposure image, explaining: “Shot with Olympus EM1M3 using Starry Sky mode. It’s a double exposure shot in order to get the bright moon properly exposed. The colored lights in the left edge of the image are lights of a plane passing in the 2.5-second exposure.” Thanks, Terri!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Donald Gargano in Tamworth, New Hampshire, caught the planets and moon on April 14: “… from a bridge looking south over Little Lake, last quarter moon and the planets Jupiter, Saturn and Mars.” Thank you, Donald!View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Alexander Krivenyshev in Guttenberg, New Jersey – of the website WorldTimeZone.com – wrote on April 14: “Taking advantage of reasonable clear sky conditions after yesterday’s stormy weather. Jupiter, Saturn and Mars line up with the last quarter moon before dawn on Tuesday over New York City.” Thank you, Alexander!
Bottom line: Photos from the EarthSky Community of the waning moon’s sweep past Jupiter (brightest), Saturn (middle) and Mars (reddish) – in April 2020. Submit your photo here. Thanks to all who submitted! View more planet photos at EarthSky Community Photos.
Deborah Byrd created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Prior to that, she had worked for the University of Texas McDonald Observatory since 1976, and created and produced their Star Date radio series. Today, she serves as Editor-in-Chief of this website. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. In 2020, she won the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society, the largest organization of professional astronomers in North America. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.
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