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Lunar Calendar Japan 2020 › Moon Japan April 2020

Lunar Calendar Month April 2020 (Japan)

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 Tokyo, Japan 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 phasesDatesTime
1st quarter2020-04-0119:21
full moon2020-04-0811:35
3rd quarter2020-04-1507:56
new moon2020-04-2311:26
1st quarter2020-05-0105:38

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2020-04-0803:10356,908 kmMaximum perigee in 2020!
Apogee2020-04-2104:02406,461 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 ObjectsDate and Time
Beehive2020-04-03 15:24
Jupiter2020-04-15 08:04
Saturn2020-04-15 18:26
Mars2020-04-16 13:33
Venus2020-04-27 00:23
Beehive2020-04-30 22:17

Illumination of the Moon

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

April 2020
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 14
30Monday
 
31Tuesday
 
1Wednesday
 
41.8% illuminated
41.8% illuminated
Age:6.6
2Thursday
 
52.2% illuminated
52.2% illuminated
Age:7.6
3Friday
 
62.9% illuminated
62.9% illuminated
Age:8.6
4Saturday
 
73.3% illuminated
73.3% illuminated
Age:9.7
5Sunday
 
82.8% illuminated
82.8% illuminated
Age:10.7
Week 15
6Monday
 
90.8% illuminated
90.8% illuminated
Age:11.9
7Tuesday
 
96.6% illuminated
96.6% illuminated
Age:13
8Wednesday
 
99.6% illuminated
99.6% illuminated
Age:14.2
9Thursday
 
99.6% illuminated
99.6% illuminated
Age:15.4
10Friday
 
96.5% illuminated
96.5% illuminated
Age:16.5
11Saturday
 
90.8% illuminated
90.8% illuminated
Age:17.7
12Sunday
 
83% illuminated
83% illuminated
Age:18.8
Week 16
13Monday
 
73.8% illuminated
73.8% illuminated
Age:19.8
14Tuesday
 
63.8% illuminated
63.8% illuminated
Age:20.8
15Wednesday
 
53.5% illuminated
53.5% illuminated
Age:21.8
16Thursday
 
43.4% illuminated
43.4% illuminated
Age:22.8
17Friday
 
33.7% illuminated
33.7% illuminated
Age:23.7
18Saturday
 
24.9% illuminated
24.9% illuminated
Age:24.6
19Sunday
 
17.2% illuminated
17.2% illuminated
Age:25.5
Week 17
20Monday
 
10.6% illuminated
10.6% illuminated
Age:26.4
21Tuesday
 
5.5% illuminated
5.5% illuminated
Age:27.3
22Wednesday
 
2% illuminated
2% illuminated
Age:28.2
23Thursday
 
0.2% illuminated
0.2% illuminated
Age:29.1
24Friday
 
0.2% illuminated
0.2% illuminated
Age:0.5
25Saturday
 
2.1% illuminated
2.1% illuminated
Age:1.4
26Sunday
 
5.9% illuminated
5.9% illuminated
Age:2.3
Week 18
27Monday
 
11.4% illuminated
11.4% illuminated
Age:3.2
28Tuesday
 
18.5% illuminated
18.5% illuminated
Age:4.2
29Wednesday
 
27.2% illuminated
27.2% illuminated
Age:5.2
30Thursday
 
37% illuminated
37% illuminated
Age:6.1
1Friday
 
2Saturday
 
3Sunday
 
4Monday
 
5Tuesday
 
6Wednesday
 
7Thursday
 
8Friday
 
9Saturday
 
10Sunday
 
11Monday
 
12Tuesday
 
13Wednesday
 
14Thursday
 
15Friday
 
16Saturday
 
17Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z