April 2026 is a month of dramatic contrasts for astrophotographers. It begins with a glowing full Pink Moon rising beside one of spring’s brightest stars and transitions into one of the best dark-sky windows of the year for imaging distant galaxies. Along the way, there’s a potentially bright sungrazing comet, delicate pre-dawn crescent moon conjunctions with Mercury and Mars, the return of the Lyrid meteor shower and striking evening pairings featuring Venus, Jupiter and the Pleiades. Here’s everything you need to know about astrophotography in April 2026:
