April 1918

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 78%
10. 2 69%
11. 3 60%
12. 4 Last qtr
13. 5 38%
14. 6 28%
15. 7 18%
16. 8 10%
17. 9 4%
18. 10 1%
19. 11 New
20. 12 3%
21. 13 9%
22. 14 16%
23. 15 25%
24. 16 35%
25. 17 45%
26. 18 First qtr
27. 19 65%
28. 20 73%
29. 21 81%
30. 22 88%
31. 23 93%
32. 24 97%
33. 25 99%
34. 26 Full
35. 27 98%
36. 28 95%
37. 29 89%
38. 30 82%

• Moon phase
• Perigee or apogee
• Eclipse
• Planets
• Equinox or solstice

Events in April 1918

1. Thu, Apr 49:33 AM

   Last Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.

2. Sun, Apr 78:39 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

3. Sun, Apr 710:51 AM

   Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

   All within 5.6° of each other in the sky.

4. Sun, Apr 77:19 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Apr 10

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.

6. Thu, Apr 1112:34 AM

   New Moon

   The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.

7. Fri, Apr 126:54 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, Apr 149:54 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Apr 1812:07 AM

   First Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.

10. Thu, Apr 181:42 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Apr 187:24 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

    All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.

12. Thu, Apr 188:20 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

13. Sun, Apr 211:46 AM

    Venus at greatest elongation

    46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

14. Mon, Apr 22

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.

15. Fri, Apr 264:05 AM

    Full Moon Pink Moon

    The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

16. Fri, Apr 2611:25 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

    Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.

Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.