Monday evening April 30^th the just past full Moon, waning gibbous, will be rising within 3-4^o from the ringed planet Jupiter. Both are located within the constellation of Libra the Scales. Both the Moon and Jupiter will easily fit within a binocular field of view.

   Very close to the Moon is 4^th magnitude Gamma Librae – but given the brightness of the Moon that star may be difficult to see.

   
   
   

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