April 1979

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 24%
9. 2 34%
10. 3 43%
11. 4 First qtr
12. 5 62%
13. 6 71%
14. 7 79%
15. 8 86%
16. 9 92%
17. 10 97%
18. 11 99%
19. 12 Full
20. 13 98%
21. 14 95%
22. 15 89%
23. 16 82%
24. 17 73%
25. 18 62%
26. 19 Last qtr
27. 20 39%
28. 21 28%
29. 22 19%
30. 23 10%
31. 24 4%
32. 25 1%
33. 26 New
34. 27 2%
35. 28 6%
36. 29 11%
37. 30 19%

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

Events in April 1979

1. Mon, Apr 21:05 PM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

2. Wed, Apr 44:57 AM

   First Quarter

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

3. Thu, Apr 511:18 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

4. Fri, Apr 6

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.

5. Sun, Apr 85:45 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Apr 128:15 AM

   Full Moon Pink Moon

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

7. Sat, Apr 1412:12 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

8. Mon, Apr 166:26 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Apr 191:30 PM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Sat, Apr 217:51 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

11. Sun, Apr 22

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,200 km.

12. Mon, Apr 239:45 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

13. Tue, Apr 246:58 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Apr 247:11 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.

15. Tue, Apr 247:10 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

16. Tue, Apr 247:36 PM

    Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered

    All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.

17. Thu, Apr 268:15 AM

    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.