April 1971

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 40%
13. 2 First qtr
14. 3 61%
15. 4 70%
16. 5 78%
17. 6 85%
18. 7 91%
19. 8 96%
20. 9 99%
21. 10 Full
22. 11 99%
23. 12 97%
24. 13 92%
25. 14 86%
26. 15 78%
27. 16 69%
28. 17 59%
29. 18 Last qtr
30. 19 37%
31. 20 26%
32. 21 17%
33. 22 9%
34. 23 3%
35. 24 New
36. 25 1%
37. 26 3%
38. 27 9%
39. 28 16%
40. 29 25%
41. 30 34%

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

Events in April 1971

1. Thu, Apr 112:00 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

2. Thu, Apr 14:55 PM

   Uranus at opposition

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

3. Fri, Apr 210:46 AM

   First Quarter

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

4. Thu, Apr 8

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.

5. Fri, Apr 98:51 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

6. Sat, Apr 103:10 PM

   Full Moon Pink Moon

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

7. Wed, Apr 142:22 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.

8. Sat, Apr 178:38 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Apr 187:58 AM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Mon, Apr 196:28 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

11. Thu, Apr 222:30 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

12. Fri, Apr 23

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,200 km.

13. Sat, Apr 249:51 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, Apr 2411:02 PM

    New Moon

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

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