April 2024

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
9. 1 Last qtr
10. 2 44%
11. 3 33%
12. 4 23%
13. 5 14%
14. 6 7%
15. 7 2%
16. 8 New
17. 9 1%
18. 10 5%
19. 11 12%
20. 12 20%
21. 13 29%
22. 14 39%
23. 15 First qtr
24. 16 59%
25. 17 68%
26. 18 76%
27. 19 84%
28. 20 90%
29. 21 95%
30. 22 98%
31. 23 Full
32. 24 100%
33. 25 97%
34. 26 93%
35. 27 87%
36. 28 79%
37. 29 70%
38. 30 59%

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

Events in April 2024

1. Mon, Apr 111:15 PM

   Last Quarter

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

2. Wed, Apr 39:14 AM

   Venus and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

3. Sat, Apr 61:08 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

4. Sat, Apr 65:31 AM

   Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

   All within 3.0° of each other in the sky.

5. Sat, Apr 66:10 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Apr 74:26 AM

   Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

   All within 4.6° of each other in the sky.

7. Sun, Apr 74:27 AM

   Moon and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

8. Sun, Apr 712:22 PM

   Moon and Venus close together

   They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.

9. Sun, Apr 7

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.

10. Mon, Apr 82:17 PM

    Total solar eclipse

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

11. Mon, Apr 82:21 PM

    New Moon

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

12. Mon, Apr 810:38 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.

13. Wed, Apr 103:04 PM

    Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered

    All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.

14. Wed, Apr 103:19 PM

    Moon and Jupiter close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

15. Wed, Apr 104:32 PM

    Mars and Saturn close together

    They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

16. Wed, Apr 106:18 PM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Apr 116:54 PM

    Mercury at inferior conjunction

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

18. Mon, Apr 153:13 PM

    First Quarter

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

19. Fri, Apr 194:57 AM

    Mercury and Venus close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

20. Fri, Apr 19

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.

21. Sat, Apr 2010:33 PM

    Jupiter and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.

22. Tue, Apr 237:49 PM

    Full Moon Pink Moon

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

23. Mon, Apr 2912:37 AM

    Mars and Neptune close together

    They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.

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