April 2010

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
12. 1 91%
13. 2 84%
14. 3 76%
15. 4 67%
16. 5 57%
17. 6 Last qtr
18. 7 38%
19. 8 29%
20. 9 21%
21. 10 14%
22. 11 8%
23. 12 4%
24. 13 1%
25. 14 New
26. 15 2%
27. 16 5%
28. 17 11%
29. 18 18%
30. 19 27%
31. 20 38%
32. 21 First qtr
33. 22 60%
34. 23 71%
35. 24 81%
36. 25 89%
37. 26 95%
38. 27 99%
39. 28 Full
40. 29 98%
41. 30 94%

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

Events in April 2010

1. Tue, Apr 65:37 AM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Thu, Apr 87:34 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

   19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.

3. Thu, Apr 8

   Apogee

   The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.

4. Fri, Apr 95:44 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

5. Wed, Apr 148:29 AM

   New Moon

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

6. Thu, Apr 155:55 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

7. Thu, Apr 157:30 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered

   All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.

8. Fri, Apr 166:39 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Apr 212:20 PM

   First Quarter

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

10. Thu, Apr 223:17 AM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.

11. Sat, Apr 24

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,100 km.

12. Wed, Apr 288:19 AM

    Full Moon Pink Moon

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

13. Wed, Apr 2812:37 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

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