Monthly sky briefing
April 2025
In April 2025, Jupiter was the brightest thing in the evening sky, while Venus led the morning. The full moon fell on 13 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
- Venusmorning sky · mag -4.7
- Jupiterevening sky · mag -2
- Mercurymorning sky · mag +0.6
- Marsevening sky · mag +0.7
- Saturnmorning sky · mag +1.1
Moon
- Full moon13 Apr
- New moon27 Apr
Meteor showers
- Lyridspeak 22 Apr
Rocket launches
9 launches · 9 Starlink
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-134 Apr
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-726 Apr
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 11-117 Apr
- Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-1713 Apr
Reports this monthopen 2025 on the map ↗
327most reported: orb (56), light (29), triangle (19)
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.