April 1952

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
10. 1 44%
11. 2 First qtr
12. 3 63%
13. 4 72%
14. 5 80%
15. 6 87%
16. 7 93%
17. 8 97%
18. 9 99%
19. 10 Full
20. 11 98%
21. 12 94%
22. 13 87%
23. 14 79%
24. 15 69%
25. 16 58%
26. 17 Last qtr
27. 18 35%
28. 19 25%
29. 20 16%
30. 21 8%
31. 22 3%
32. 23 1%
33. 24 New
34. 25 2%
35. 26 7%
36. 27 12%
37. 28 19%
38. 29 27%
39. 30 36%

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

Events in April 1952

1. Tue, Apr 14:58 AM

   Saturn at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

2. Tue, Apr 110:39 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

3. Wed, Apr 23:49 AM

   First Quarter

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

4. Thu, Apr 3

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.

5. Sat, Apr 55:25 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

6. Thu, Apr 101:32 AM

   Neptune at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

7. Thu, Apr 103:53 AM

   Full Moon Pink Moon

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

8. Wed, Apr 1610:43 PM

   Mercury and Venus close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Apr 172:26 AM

   Jupiter behind the Sun

   On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

10. Thu, Apr 174:08 AM

    Last Quarter

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

11. Fri, Apr 18

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.

12. Tue, Apr 226:46 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

13. Tue, Apr 2210:57 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.

14. Thu, Apr 242:27 AM

    New Moon

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

15. Tue, Apr 299:15 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Apr 309:23 PM

    Mars at opposition

    Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

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