April 2020

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
11. 1 First qtr
12. 2 63%
13. 3 74%
14. 4 83%
15. 5 91%
16. 6 97%
17. 7 Full
18. 8 99%
19. 9 96%
20. 10 90%
21. 11 83%
22. 12 73%
23. 13 63%
24. 14 Last qtr
25. 15 43%
26. 16 33%
27. 17 25%
28. 18 17%
29. 19 11%
30. 20 5%
31. 21 2%
32. 22 New
33. 23 0%
34. 24 2%
35. 25 6%
36. 26 12%
37. 27 19%
38. 28 28%
39. 29 37%
40. 30 First qtr

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

Events in April 2020

1. Wed, Apr 16:21 AM

   First Quarter

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

2. Fri, Apr 39:18 PM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

3. Tue, Apr 7

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.

4. Tue, Apr 710:35 PM

   Full Moon Pink MoonSupermoon

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

5. Tue, Apr 146:56 PM

   Last Quarter

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

6. Tue, Apr 147:47 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

7. Wed, Apr 155:17 AM

   Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.

8. Wed, Apr 156:20 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Apr 161:41 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Apr 196:32 AM

    Moon and Neptune close together

    They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.

11. Mon, Apr 20

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.

12. Tue, Apr 214:06 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Apr 2210:26 PM

    New Moon

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

14. Thu, Apr 234:29 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.

15. Sun, Apr 265:04 AM

    Uranus behind the Sun

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

16. Wed, Apr 299:41 PM

    Venus at its brightest

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

17. Thu, Apr 304:38 PM

    First Quarter

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

18. Thu, Apr 3011:41 PM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

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