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Lunar Calendar Month April 2021 (French Polynesia)

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 Papeete, French Polynesia during April 2021.

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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 phasesDatesTime
3rd quarter2021-04-0400:02
new moon2021-04-1116:31
1st quarter2021-04-1920:59
full moon2021-04-2617:31

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during April 2021.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2021-04-1407:48406,119 km
Perigee2021-04-2705:25357,378 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 ObjectsDate and Time
Saturn2021-04-05 22:34
Jupiter2021-04-06 21:15
Mars2021-04-17 02:09
Beehive2021-04-20 08:25

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of April 2021.

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

April 2021
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 13
29Monday
 
30Tuesday
 
31Wednesday
 
1Thursday
 
81.8% illuminated
Age:18.9
2Friday
 
72% illuminated
Age:20
3Saturday
 
61.1% illuminated
Age:21.1
4Sunday
 
50% illuminated
Age:22.1
Week 14
5Monday
 
39.2% illuminated
Age:23.2
6Tuesday
 
29.2% illuminated
Age:24.2
7Wednesday
 
20.2% illuminated
Age:25.1
8Thursday
 
12.7% illuminated
Age:26.1
9Friday
 
6.8% illuminated
Age:27.1
10Saturday
 
2.7% illuminated
Age:28
11Sunday
 
0.5% illuminated
Age:28.9
Week 15
12Monday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age:0.3
13Tuesday
 
1.6% illuminated
Age:1.2
14Wednesday
 
4.8% illuminated
Age:2.1
15Thursday
 
9.6% illuminated
Age:3
16Friday
 
15.9% illuminated
Age:3.9
17Saturday
 
23.4% illuminated
Age:4.7
18Sunday
 
32% illuminated
Age:5.7
Week 16
19Monday
 
41.4% illuminated
Age:6.6
20Tuesday
 
51.4% illuminated
Age:7.5
21Wednesday
 
61.7% illuminated
Age:8.5
22Thursday
 
71.7% illuminated
Age:9.5
23Friday
 
81.1% illuminated
Age:10.5
24Saturday
 
89.2% illuminated
Age:11.6
25Sunday
 
95.5% illuminated
Age:12.7
Week 17
26Monday
 
99.2% illuminated
Age:13.9
27Tuesday
 
99.9% illuminated
Age:15.1
28Wednesday
 
97.6% illuminated
Age:16.2
29Thursday
 
92.3% illuminated
Age:17.4
30Friday
 
84.8% illuminated
Age:18.5
1Saturday
 
2Sunday
 
3Monday
 
4Tuesday
 
5Wednesday
 
6Thursday
 
7Friday
 
8Saturday
 
9Sunday
 
10Monday
 
11Tuesday
 
12Wednesday
 
13Thursday
 
14Friday
 
15Saturday
 
16Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z