Lunar Calendar Month April 2020 (Australia)

The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth and the fifth largest moon in the Solar System. It is the largest natural satellite in the solar system relative to the size of its planet. The following is information specific for Canberra, Australia during April 2020.

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Date and time of moon phases

The information in the following table comes from calculations published by the Astronomical Applications Department of the U.S. Naval Observatory.

Moon phases	Dates	Time
1st quarter	2020-04-01	21:21
full moon	2020-04-08	12:35
3rd quarter	2020-04-15	08:56
new moon	2020-04-23	12:26
1st quarter	2020-05-01	06:38

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during April 2020.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Perigee	2020-04-08	04:10	356,908 km	Maximum perigee in 2020!
Apogee	2020-04-21	05:02	406,461 km

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth.

Astronomical Objects	Date and Time
Beehive	2020-04-03 17:24
Jupiter	2020-04-15 09:04
Saturn	2020-04-15 19:26
Mars	2020-04-16 14:33
Venus	2020-04-27 01:23
Beehive	2020-04-30 23:17

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of April 2020.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of Australia.

April 2020
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 14	30Monday	31Tuesday	1Wednesday 40.9% illuminated Age:6.5	2Thursday 51.3% illuminated Age:7.5	3Friday 62% illuminated Age:8.5	4Saturday 72.4% illuminated Age:9.6	5Sunday 82.1% illuminated Age:10.7
Week 14	6Monday 90.5% illuminated Age:11.8	7Tuesday 96.4% illuminated Age:13	8Wednesday 99.6% illuminated Age:14.1	9Thursday 99.7% illuminated Age:15.3	10Friday 96.7% illuminated Age:16.5	11Saturday 91.1% illuminated Age:17.6	12Sunday 83.4% illuminated Age:18.7
Week 16	13Monday 74.2% illuminated Age:19.8	14Tuesday 64.2% illuminated Age:20.8	15Wednesday 53.9% illuminated Age:21.8	16Thursday 43.8% illuminated Age:22.7	17Friday 34.1% illuminated Age:23.7	18Saturday 25.3% illuminated Age:24.6	19Sunday 17.5% illuminated Age:25.5
Week 17	20Monday 10.9% illuminated Age:26.4	21Tuesday 5.7% illuminated Age:27.3	22Wednesday 2.1% illuminated Age:28.2	23Thursday 0.3% illuminated Age:29.1	24Friday 0.2% illuminated Age:0.4	25Saturday 2% illuminated Age:1.3	26Sunday 5.7% illuminated Age:2.3
Week 18	27Monday 11.1% illuminated Age:3.2	28Tuesday 18.2% illuminated Age:4.1	29Wednesday 26.8% illuminated Age:5.1	30Thursday 36.5% illuminated Age:6.1	1Friday	2Saturday	3Sunday
	4Monday	5Tuesday	6Wednesday	7Thursday	8Friday	9Saturday	10Sunday
	11Monday	12Tuesday	13Wednesday	14Thursday	15Friday	16Saturday	17Sunday