April 2019

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 12%
10. 2 7%
11. 3 3%
12. 4 1%
13. 5 New
14. 6 2%
15. 7 6%
16. 8 11%
17. 9 18%
18. 10 27%
19. 11 38%
20. 12 First qtr
21. 13 60%
22. 14 71%
23. 15 81%
24. 16 89%
25. 17 95%
26. 18 99%
27. 19 Full
28. 20 98%
29. 21 94%
30. 22 88%
31. 23 80%
32. 24 71%
33. 25 62%
34. 26 Last qtr
35. 27 43%
36. 28 34%
37. 29 25%
38. 30 18%

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

Events in April 2019

1. Tue, Apr 22:32 AM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.

2. Tue, Apr 25:48 AM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

3. Tue, Apr 29:25 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.

4. Tue, Apr 29:43 PM

   Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered

   All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.

5. Tue, Apr 29:59 PM

   Moon and Mercury close together

   They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

6. Fri, Apr 54:51 AM

   New Moon

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

7. Sat, Apr 612:09 PM

   Moon and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

8. Tue, Apr 94:15 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.

9. Wed, Apr 101:25 AM

   Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered

   All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.

10. Wed, Apr 102:18 AM

    Venus and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

11. Thu, Apr 113:38 PM

    Mercury at greatest elongation

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

12. Fri, Apr 123:06 PM

    First Quarter

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

13. Tue, Apr 16

    Perigee

    The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,200 km.

14. Fri, Apr 197:12 AM

    Full Moon Pink Moon

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

15. Mon, Apr 227:09 PM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

16. Tue, Apr 237:43 AM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Apr 2510:33 AM

    Moon and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

18. Fri, Apr 266:19 PM

    Last Quarter

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

19. Sun, Apr 28

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.

20. Tue, Apr 306:33 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.

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