April 1998

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 28%
12. 2 38%
13. 3 New
14. 4 59%
15. 5 68%
16. 6 77%
17. 7 85%
18. 8 91%
19. 9 95%
20. 10 99%
21. 11 Full
22. 12 99%
23. 13 97%
24. 14 93%
25. 15 88%
26. 16 80%
27. 17 72%
28. 18 62%
29. 19 Last qtr
30. 20 41%
31. 21 30%
32. 22 20%
33. 23 12%
34. 24 5%
35. 25 1%
36. 26 New
37. 27 2%
38. 28 7%
39. 29 14%
40. 30 23%

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

Events in April 1998

1. Thu, Apr 22:28 AM

   Mars and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

2. Fri, Apr 33:19 PM

   New Moon

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

3. Mon, Apr 612:28 PM

   Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

4. Fri, Apr 10

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.

5. Sat, Apr 116:24 PM

   Full Moon Pink MoonMicromoon

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

6. Mon, Apr 137:43 AM

   Saturn behind the Sun

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

7. Sun, Apr 193:53 PM

   Last Quarter

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

8. Sun, Apr 198:28 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.

9. Mon, Apr 202:49 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.

10. Wed, Apr 227:13 PM

    Venus and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Apr 232:53 AM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered

    All within 0.4° of each other in the sky.

12. Thu, Apr 233:03 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

13. Thu, Apr 233:34 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, Apr 243:30 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

15. Sat, Apr 25

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.

16. Sat, Apr 252:05 PM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

17. Sun, Apr 267:41 AM

    New Moon

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

18. Sun, Apr 262:13 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

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