April 2009

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 39%
12. 2 First qtr
13. 3 62%
14. 4 73%
15. 5 82%
16. 6 90%
17. 7 95%
18. 8 99%
19. 9 Full
20. 10 99%
21. 11 95%
22. 12 90%
23. 13 84%
24. 14 76%
25. 15 68%
26. 16 59%
27. 17 Last qtr
28. 18 40%
29. 19 30%
30. 20 22%
31. 21 14%
32. 22 8%
33. 23 3%
34. 24 New
35. 25 1%
36. 26 3%
37. 27 9%
38. 28 16%
39. 29 26%
40. 30 37%

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

Events in April 2009

1. Wed, Apr 1

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.

2. Thu, Apr 210:34 AM

   First Quarter

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

3. Thu, Apr 910:56 AM

   Full Moon Pink Moon

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

4. Wed, Apr 156:00 AM

   Mars and Uranus close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

5. Thu, Apr 16

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.

6. Fri, Apr 179:37 AM

   Last Quarter

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

7. Sun, Apr 1910:53 AM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, Apr 194:39 PM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.

9. Sun, Apr 196:16 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.

10. Tue, Apr 217:24 PM

    Venus and Mars close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

11. Wed, Apr 2212:38 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

12. Wed, Apr 227:52 AM

    Mars, Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.

13. Wed, Apr 229:29 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.

14. Thu, Apr 233:17 AM

    Mars, Uranus, and Venus gathered

    All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.

15. Fri, Apr 2411:23 PM

    New Moon

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

16. Sun, Apr 263:48 AM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

    20° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

17. Sun, Apr 2611:42 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.

18. Tue, Apr 28

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,000 km.

19. Tue, Apr 2810:43 PM

    Venus at its brightest

    Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.

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