This Week’s Sky at a Glance, April 8 – 16

The gibbous Moon passes through Leo and Virgo as it waxes toward full, forming new Moon-and-stars “lunarisms” (patterns) each evening. Mercury begins a new apparition in the sunset. At dawn, Jupiter emerges to join the lineup of Venus, Mars, and Saturn.

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