April 2006

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 14%
15. 2 22%
16. 3 32%
17. 4 42%
18. 5 First qtr
19. 6 61%
20. 7 70%
21. 8 79%
22. 9 86%
23. 10 92%
24. 11 96%
25. 12 99%
26. 13 Full
27. 14 99%
28. 15 96%
29. 16 91%
30. 17 84%
31. 18 76%
32. 19 66%
33. 20 Last qtr
34. 21 44%
35. 22 33%
36. 23 23%
37. 24 13%
38. 25 6%
39. 26 2%
40. 27 New
41. 28 1%
42. 29 5%
43. 30 10%

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

Events in April 2006

1. Mon, Apr 33:17 PM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

2. Wed, Apr 58:01 AM

   First Quarter

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

3. Thu, Apr 69:09 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

4. Sat, Apr 82:36 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.

5. Sun, Apr 9

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.

6. Thu, Apr 1312:40 PM

   Full Moon Pink Moon

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

7. Sat, Apr 158:31 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Apr 185:41 AM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Apr 2011:29 PM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Sat, Apr 227:15 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

11. Sun, Apr 2311:06 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Apr 2311:14 PM

    Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.

13. Mon, Apr 249:55 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Apr 25

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,700 km.

15. Wed, Apr 261:20 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

16. Thu, Apr 273:44 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.