The day of April 30 will be full of astronomical events: a partial eclipse of the Sun is coming, which will not be visible from Italy, and at the same time Venus and Jupiter will put on a show at dawn.
“They are two of the brightest planets to observe and will rise just before the Sun in the constellation of Pisces”, Paolo Volpini, of the Italian Amateur Astronomers Union (Uai) told ANSA.
"The unmissable spectacle of the conjunction will be very visible - he adds - even if the two planets are very low on the horizon".
The cause of the partial solar eclipse, on the other hand, is the phenomenon of the Black Moon: “During the day there will be the second new moon of April”, explains Volpini, “which therefore hosts five lunar phases instead of the usual four”.
At this moment the Sun, Moon and Earth are aligned, albeit not perfectly, so the shadow of the Moon projected on the Earth will partially obscure the Sun. "The eclipse will be visible in South America and in the South Pacific area. ”, Comments Volpini.
During the month of April it was also possible to admire all the other planets in the morning, except Mercury, which in the second part of the month became visible in the evening.
Furthermore, the best time of the whole year to observe it falls precisely in these days, as the planet sets almost 2 hours after the Sun.