April 1985

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 81%
10. 2 89%
11. 3 95%
12. 4 99%
13. 5 Full
14. 6 98%
15. 7 93%
16. 8 85%
17. 9 76%
18. 10 66%
19. 11 Last qtr
20. 12 45%
21. 13 35%
22. 14 26%
23. 15 18%
24. 16 11%
25. 17 6%
26. 18 2%
27. 19 0%
28. 20 New
29. 21 2%
30. 22 5%
31. 23 11%
32. 24 17%
33. 25 26%
34. 26 35%
35. 27 First qtr
36. 28 55%
37. 29 66%
38. 30 76%

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

Events in April 1985

1. Wed, Apr 38:56 AM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

2. Wed, Apr 34:56 PM

   Venus at inferior conjunction

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

3. Fri, Apr 56:32 AM

   Full Moon Pink MoonSupermoon

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

4. Fri, Apr 5

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.

5. Mon, Apr 812:53 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

6. Tue, Apr 911:02 AM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Apr 102:15 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

8. Thu, Apr 1111:42 PM

   Last Quarter

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

9. Sat, Apr 132:30 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, Apr 181:00 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.

11. Fri, Apr 19

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.

12. Sat, Apr 2012:22 AM

    New Moon

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

13. Mon, Apr 227:36 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

14. Sat, Apr 2711:25 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.