April 2000

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 10%
15. 2 5%
16. 3 2%
17. 4 New
18. 5 1%
19. 6 5%
20. 7 11%
21. 8 19%
22. 9 29%
23. 10 40%
24. 11 First qtr
25. 12 63%
26. 13 73%
27. 14 82%
28. 15 90%
29. 16 95%
30. 17 99%
31. 18 Full
32. 19 99%
33. 20 96%
34. 21 91%
35. 22 85%
36. 23 78%
37. 24 70%
38. 25 61%
39. 26 Last qtr
40. 27 42%
41. 28 32%
42. 29 23%
43. 30 15%

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

Events in April 2000

1. Sun, Apr 29:46 AM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.

2. Mon, Apr 33:44 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

3. Tue, Apr 42:12 PM

   New Moon

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

4. Thu, Apr 62:40 AM

   Mars and Jupiter close together

   They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Apr 69:09 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

6. Thu, Apr 62:44 PM

   Jupiter, Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.

7. Thu, Apr 66:50 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

8. Sat, Apr 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,200 km.

9. Tue, Apr 119:30 AM

   First Quarter

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

10. Sat, Apr 154:29 PM

    Mars and Saturn close together

    They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Apr 154:33 PM

    Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn gathered

    All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.

12. Tue, Apr 181:42 PM

    Full Moon Pink Moon

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

13. Mon, Apr 24

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.

14. Wed, Apr 262:51 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.

15. Wed, Apr 263:30 PM

    Last Quarter

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

16. Thu, Apr 276:38 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.

17. Fri, Apr 289:28 AM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

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