Monthly sky briefing
April 2024
In April 2024, Jupiter was the brightest thing in the evening sky, while Saturn led the morning. The full moon fell on 23 Apr. The Lyrids peaked around 22 Apr. 9 Starlink trains went up — a well-known source of "string of lights" reports in the days after.
Bright planets
- Jupiterevening sky · mag -2
- Saturnmorning sky · mag +1
- Marsmorning sky · mag +1.2
Moon
- Full moon23 Apr
- New moon8 Apr
Meteor showers
- Lyridspeak 22 Apr
Rocket launches
9 launches · 9 Starlink
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-182 Apr
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-475 Apr
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-17 Apr
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-4810 Apr
Reports this monthopen 2024 on the map ↗
317most reported: orb (75), light (34), triangle (21)
Everything above is computed from public data — planet and moon positions, the launch log and the report catalogue. It doesn’t explain any single report; it just shows how much ordinary sky was overhead. What can’t be pinned to a planet, a launch or the moon is the part worth a closer look.