April 2017

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 27%
15. 2 38%
16. 3 First qtr
17. 4 60%
18. 5 70%
19. 6 80%
20. 7 87%
21. 8 93%
22. 9 97%
23. 10 100%
24. 11 Full
25. 12 98%
26. 13 94%
27. 14 89%
28. 15 83%
29. 16 75%
30. 17 67%
31. 18 57%
32. 19 Last qtr
33. 20 38%
34. 21 28%
35. 22 19%
36. 23 11%
37. 24 5%
38. 25 1%
39. 26 New
40. 27 2%
41. 28 7%
42. 29 14%
43. 30 24%

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

Events in April 2017

1. Sat, Apr 16:19 AM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

2. Mon, Apr 32:40 PM

   First Quarter

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

3. Fri, Apr 75:29 PM

   Jupiter at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

4. Mon, Apr 106:57 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

5. Tue, Apr 112:08 AM

   Full Moon Pink Moon

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

6. Fri, Apr 141:33 AM

   Uranus behind the Sun

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

7. Sat, Apr 15

   Apogee

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

8. Sun, Apr 162:25 PM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Apr 195:57 AM

   Last Quarter

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

10. Thu, Apr 201:46 AM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

11. Sat, Apr 223:57 PM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.

12. Sun, Apr 235:35 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.

13. Tue, Apr 252:04 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.

14. Tue, Apr 254:17 PM

    Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.

15. Tue, Apr 254:29 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Apr 268:16 AM

    New Moon

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

17. Wed, Apr 2611:07 AM

    Venus at its brightest

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

18. Thu, Apr 27

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,300 km.

19. Fri, Apr 2810:43 AM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

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