Lunar Calendar Month April 2019 (British Indian Ocean Territory)

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 Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory during April 2019.

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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
new moon	2019-04-05	14:50
1st quarter	2019-04-13	01:06
full moon	2019-04-19	17:12
3rd quarter	2019-04-27	04:18

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during April 2019.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance
Apogee	2019-04-01	06:15	405,576 km
Perigee	2019-04-17	04:03	364,208 km
Apogee	2019-04-29	00:21	404,576 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
Venus	2019-04-02 10:17
Mercury	2019-04-03 05:01
Mars	2019-04-09 12:40
Aldebaran	2019-04-09 21:43
Beehive	2019-04-14 02:12
Regulus	2019-04-15 14:22
Jupiter	2019-04-23 17:36
Saturn	2019-04-25 20:38

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of April 2019.

The information of the moon (phases of the moon, cycles of the moon) presented here applies to all the territory of British Indian Ocean Territory.

April 2019
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 14	1Monday 18.6% illuminated Age:25.3	2Tuesday 11.8% illuminated Age:26.2	3Wednesday 6.4% illuminated Age:27.1	4Thursday 2.5% illuminated Age:28	5Friday 0.4% illuminated Age:29	6Saturday 0.1% illuminated Age:0.4	7Sunday 1.9% illuminated Age:1.3
Week 15	8Monday 5.7% illuminated Age:2.3	9Tuesday 11.5% illuminated Age:3.2	10Wednesday 19% illuminated Age:4.2	11Thursday 28.2% illuminated Age:5.3	12Friday 38.5% illuminated Age:6.3	13Saturday 49.6% illuminated Age:7.3	14Sunday 60.9% illuminated Age:8.4
Week 16	15Monday 71.8% illuminated Age:9.5	16Tuesday 81.7% illuminated Age:10.6	17Wednesday 89.9% illuminated Age:11.7	18Thursday 95.9% illuminated Age:12.9	19Friday 99.3% illuminated Age:14	20Saturday 99.9% illuminated Age:15.1	21Sunday 97.8% illuminated Age:16.2
Week 17	22Monday 93.4% illuminated Age:17.2	23Tuesday 87.1% illuminated Age:18.2	24Wednesday 79.3% illuminated Age:19.2	25Thursday 70.6% illuminated Age:20.1	26Friday 61.3% illuminated Age:21.1	27Saturday 51.8% illuminated Age:22	28Sunday 42.3% illuminated Age:22.9
Week 18	29Monday 33.1% illuminated Age:23.8	30Tuesday 24.6% illuminated Age:24.7	1Wednesday	2Thursday	3Friday	4Saturday	5Sunday
	6Monday	7Tuesday	8Wednesday	9Thursday	10Friday	11Saturday	12Sunday
	13Monday	14Tuesday	15Wednesday	16Thursday	17Friday	18Saturday	19Sunday