April 1953

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 95%
12. 2 90%
13. 3 84%
14. 4 76%
15. 5 66%
16. 6 Last qtr
17. 7 45%
18. 8 34%
19. 9 23%
20. 10 14%
21. 11 7%
22. 12 2%
23. 13 New
24. 14 1%
25. 15 5%
26. 16 11%
27. 17 19%
28. 18 28%
29. 19 37%
30. 20 First qtr
31. 21 57%
32. 22 66%
33. 23 75%
34. 24 82%
35. 25 89%
36. 26 94%
37. 27 98%
38. 28 100%
39. 29 Full
40. 30 98%

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

Events in April 1953

1. Mon, Apr 611:58 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Sun, Apr 12

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,600 km.

3. Sun, Apr 1212:41 PM

   Neptune at opposition

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

4. Mon, Apr 133:06 AM

   Venus at inferior conjunction

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

5. Mon, Apr 131:55 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

6. Mon, Apr 133:09 PM

   New Moon

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

7. Tue, Apr 1412:13 AM

   Saturn at opposition

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

8. Wed, Apr 155:09 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

9. Wed, Apr 158:44 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

10. Wed, Apr 153:14 PM

    Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered

    All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.

11. Sun, Apr 1912:45 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

12. Mon, Apr 207:41 PM

    First Quarter

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

13. Fri, Apr 24

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.

14. Sun, Apr 2611:03 PM

    Mars and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

15. Mon, Apr 275:47 PM

    Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered

    All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.

16. Wed, Apr 2912:21 AM

    Full Moon Pink Moon

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

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