April 2023

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 81%
15. 2 88%
16. 3 94%
17. 4 98%
18. 5 100%
19. 6 Full
20. 7 98%
21. 8 93%
22. 9 87%
23. 10 79%
24. 11 69%
25. 12 58%
26. 13 Last qtr
27. 14 36%
28. 15 25%
29. 16 16%
30. 17 8%
31. 18 3%
32. 19 0%
33. 20 New
34. 21 3%
35. 22 7%
36. 23 13%
37. 24 21%
38. 25 29%
39. 26 39%
40. 27 First qtr
41. 28 57%
42. 29 67%
43. 30 75%

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

Events in April 2023

1. Thu, Apr 612:35 AM

   Full Moon Pink Moon

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

2. Tue, Apr 116:09 PM

   Jupiter behind the Sun

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

3. Tue, Apr 116:12 PM

   Mercury at greatest elongation

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

4. Thu, Apr 135:11 AM

   Last Quarter

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

5. Sat, Apr 15

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.

6. Sun, Apr 161:57 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

7. Mon, Apr 172:57 PM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

8. Wed, Apr 191:27 PM

   Moon and Jupiter close together

   They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.

9. Thu, Apr 2012:13 AM

   New Moon

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

10. Thu, Apr 2012:16 AM

    Total solar eclipse

    The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth.

11. Fri, Apr 214:05 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

12. Fri, Apr 218:09 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.

13. Fri, Apr 2110:31 AM

    Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 3.9° of each other in the sky.

14. Sun, Apr 238:43 AM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.

15. Tue, Apr 2511:08 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

16. Thu, Apr 275:20 PM

    First Quarter

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

17. Fri, Apr 28

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.

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