{"id":369459,"date":"2026-03-28T08:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T08:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/369459\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T08:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T08:02:20","slug":"8-night-sky-events-to-see-in-april-from-a-planet-parade-to-a-full-pink-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/369459\/","title":{"rendered":"8 night sky events to see in April, from a planet parade to a full pink moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">As a \u201csun-grazing\u201d comet, it will pass within about 850,000 miles of the sun\u2014a risky journey that could either destroy it or ignite a spectacular display.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">If it survives, Comet MAPS could become a striking sight, particularly for observers in the Southern Hemisphere. In the north, however, any view will be fleeting, with the comet hugging the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-dawn planet parade\u2014April 16-23<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">An exceptional planet parade will adorn the sky for around half an hour before the sun rises in mid-April, from about April 16 to 23. Mercury, Mars, and Saturn will appear in a tight cluster just above the eastern horizon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Over several mornings, the trio will subtly shift formation\u2014tightening into a pyramid, stretching into a diagonal line, then regrouping again. The most striking views come between April 18 and 20, when the planets appear closest together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">To watch it, look for a viewpoint with unobstructed views across the eastern horizon, such as a large lake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As a \u201csun-grazing\u201d comet, it will pass within about 850,000 miles of the sun\u2014a risky journey that could&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[166055,166058,166062,166060,61,60,166061,166056,165919,82,247,166057,166059],"class_list":["post-369459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-april-2026-night-sky-events","tag-astronomy-events-april-2026","tag-comet-april-2026-visibility","tag-full-pink-moon-april-2026","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-lyrid-meteor-shower-2026-peak","tag-night-sky-april-2026","tag-planet-parade-april-2026","tag-science","tag-space","tag-stargazing-april-2026","tag-what-to-see-in-the-night-sky-april"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}