April 2028

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
14. 1 38%
15. 2 First qtr
16. 3 60%
17. 4 71%
18. 5 81%
19. 6 89%
20. 7 95%
21. 8 99%
22. 9 Full
23. 10 98%
24. 11 93%
25. 12 87%
26. 13 79%
27. 14 70%
28. 15 60%
29. 16 Last qtr
30. 17 41%
31. 18 32%
32. 19 23%
33. 20 16%
34. 21 10%
35. 22 5%
36. 23 2%
37. 24 New
38. 25 1%
39. 26 4%
40. 27 9%
41. 28 16%
42. 29 24%
43. 30 34%

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

Events in April 2028

1. Sun, Apr 23:16 PM

   First Quarter

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

2. Mon, Apr 39:01 PM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.

3. Mon, Apr 39:51 PM

   Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered

   All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.

4. Fri, Apr 7

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,300 km.

5. Sat, Apr 83:30 AM

   Mercury and Mars close together

   They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.

6. Sun, Apr 96:27 AM

   Full Moon Pink Moon

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

7. Tue, Apr 116:43 PM

   Mercury behind the Sun

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

8. Wed, Apr 125:47 PM

   Venus and Uranus close together

   They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.

9. Sat, Apr 1511:23 AM

   Mercury and Saturn close together

   They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.

10. Sun, Apr 1612:37 PM

    Last Quarter

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

11. Wed, Apr 19

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.

12. Thu, Apr 208:09 AM

    Saturn behind the Sun

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

13. Mon, Apr 248:50 AM

    Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered

    All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.

14. Mon, Apr 243:47 PM

    New Moon

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

15. Tue, Apr 2510:34 PM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.

16. Thu, Apr 275:09 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.

17. Thu, Apr 271:52 PM

    Venus at its brightest

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

18. Thu, Apr 278:40 PM

    Moon and Venus close together

    They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.

19. Sun, Apr 306:35 PM

    Mars and Saturn close together

    They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

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