Celestial events in April – Will you catch the meteor shower?

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. For those who enjoy looking skyward, March proved to be an interesting month, with the presence of several of our neighboring planets visible in the nighttime sky, as well as the emergence of a complete lunar eclipse. 2025 is still getting underway, and there is plenty to look forward to in the upcoming weeks of April. While it isn't a planetary parade, per say, there will be a planetary alignment in April, during which four of our planet neighbors will be visible in alignment with one another in the morning sky of April 17. Three of the four planets will be visible with the naked eye; Mercury, Saturn and Venus. Neptune will be present in the alignme