April 1947

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 82%
11. 2 90%
12. 3 95%
13. 4 99%
14. 5 Full
15. 6 99%
16. 7 95%
17. 8 90%
18. 9 84%
19. 10 76%
20. 11 68%
21. 12 59%
22. 13 Last qtr
23. 14 40%
24. 15 30%
25. 16 22%
26. 17 14%
27. 18 7%
28. 19 3%
29. 20 New
30. 21 0%
31. 22 3%
32. 23 8%
33. 24 16%
34. 25 26%
35. 26 36%
36. 27 First qtr
37. 28 58%
38. 29 69%
39. 30 79%

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

Events in April 1947

1. Sat, Apr 512:11 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

2. Sat, Apr 56:55 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

3. Sat, Apr 510:29 AM

   Full Moon Pink Moon

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

4. Tue, Apr 84:29 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

5. Sat, Apr 12

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.

6. Sun, Apr 139:23 AM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Fri, Apr 183:46 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Apr 192:29 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

9. Sat, Apr 194:45 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

10. Sat, Apr 195:04 AM

    Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.

11. Sun, Apr 205:29 PM

    Mercury and Mars close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Apr 2011:19 PM

    New Moon

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

13. Thu, Apr 24

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,400 km.

14. Thu, Apr 249:21 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Apr 2710:54 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

16. Sun, Apr 276:18 PM

    First Quarter

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

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