THE PLANETS
Apr 21, 2022
3 minutes
PICK OF THE MONTH
Saturn
Best time to see: 31 May, 03:00 UT
Altitude: 16° (low)
Location: Capricornus
Direction: Southeast
Features: Rings, subtle banding on the planet, moons
75mm, or larger Saturn is a morning planet this month with a low altitude before sunrise. Shining at mag. +0.9 at the month’s start, it brightens marginally by May’s close to reach mag. +0.8. On the morning of 22 May a 57%-lit waning gibbous Moon sits 5.8° south of Saturn.
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