Lunar Calendar Month April 2022 (Reunion)

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 Saint-Denis, Reunion during April 2022.

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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	2022-04-01	10:24
1st quarter	2022-04-09	10:48
full moon	2022-04-16	22:55
3rd quarter	2022-04-23	15:56
new moon	2022-05-01	00:28

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during April 2022.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Apogee	2022-04-07	23:12	404,437 km
Perigee	2022-04-19	19:17	365,142 km

Eclipses in April 2022

The following is information about eclipses occuring worldwide during April 2022. The eclipses listed here may be totally visible, partly visible or not visible in any part of Reunion.

Type	Dates	Saros	Notes
solar eclipse	2022-05-01	119

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
Pleiades	2022-04-05 05:16
Pollux	2022-04-09 19:14
Beehive	2022-04-10 20:27
Saturn	2022-04-25 00:56
Mars	2022-04-26 02:06
Venus	2022-04-27 05:51
Jupiter	2022-04-27 12:23

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of April 2022.

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

April 2022
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 13	28Monday	29Tuesday	30Wednesday	31Thursday	1Friday 0.2% illuminated Age:29.1	2Saturday 0.3% illuminated Age:0.6	3Sunday 2.6% illuminated Age:1.5
Week 14	4Monday 6.8% illuminated Age:2.5	5Tuesday 12.5% illuminated Age:3.4	6Wednesday 19.6% illuminated Age:4.3	7Thursday 27.7% illuminated Age:5.2	8Friday 36.5% illuminated Age:6.1	9Saturday 45.8% illuminated Age:7	10Sunday 55.3% illuminated Age:7.9
Week 15	11Monday 64.8% illuminated Age:8.8	12Tuesday 73.8% illuminated Age:9.7	13Wednesday 82.2% illuminated Age:10.7	14Thursday 89.4% illuminated Age:11.7	15Friday 95.1% illuminated Age:12.7	16Saturday 98.8% illuminated Age:13.7	17Sunday 100% illuminated Age:14.8
Week 16	18Monday 98.5% illuminated Age:15.9	19Tuesday 94.4% illuminated Age:17	20Wednesday 87.7% illuminated Age:18.1	21Thursday 78.9% illuminated Age:19.3	22Friday 68.6% illuminated Age:20.4	23Saturday 57.5% illuminated Age:21.4	24Sunday 46.2% illuminated Age:22.5
Week 17	25Monday 35.2% illuminated Age:23.6	26Tuesday 25.2% illuminated Age:24.6	27Wednesday 16.4% illuminated Age:25.6	28Thursday 9.4% illuminated Age:26.6	29Friday 4.2% illuminated Age:27.6	30Saturday 1.1% illuminated Age:28.6	1Sunday
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	9Monday	10Tuesday	11Wednesday	12Thursday	13Friday	14Saturday	15Sunday