The moon dims, the meteors fly, and the planets dance—these are the most exciting celestial events happening this month.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).

Find out what's up in your night ... sky, where the bright little Pleiades Star Cluster (aka The Seven Sisters, Subaru, and Messier 45) will be close enough to the 17%-illuminated waxing crescent ...

Jupiter: Spot Jupiter in the evening sky with a telescope, although with the sun setting later, it'll become more difficult ...

April's night sky is full of spring treats including the Lyrids meteor shower, Mars, Saturn, Venus and Jupiter, plus a ...

The Lyrid meteor shower, one of the oldest known of the annual showers, peaks this year with only some small interference ...

Venus remains rather low at dawn but slowly gains altitude as the month rolls along. Look for it in the east 45-60 minutes ...

Greetings everyone! If you’re an early riser and have a clear view of the sky to the east any morning this week, you may have ...

Related: Night sky, April 2025: What you can see tonight ... On April 2, facing almost due west at dusk you'll see a slender crescent moon sitting about 5 degrees to the right of Jupiter.

Muslims worldwide will see the waxing crescent moon in the sky on Friday night, the first night of Ramadan, the ninth month ...