Lunar Calendar Month April 2019 (United States Minor Outlying Islands)

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 Johnston Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands 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	2019-04-04	22:50
1st quarter	2019-04-12	09:06
full moon	2019-04-19	01:12
3rd quarter	2019-04-26	12:18

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	2019-03-31	14:15	405,576 km
Perigee	2019-04-16	12:03	364,208 km
Apogee	2019-04-28	08:21	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	2019-04-01 18:17
Mercury	2019-04-02 13:01
Mars	2019-04-08 20:40
Aldebaran	2019-04-09 05:43
Beehive	2019-04-13 10:12
Regulus	2019-04-14 22:22
Jupiter	2019-04-23 01:36
Saturn	2019-04-25 04:38

Illumination of the Moon

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

April 2019
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 14	1Monday 13.9% illuminated Age:25.9	2Tuesday 8% illuminated Age:26.8	3Wednesday 3.6% illuminated Age:27.7	4Thursday 0.9% illuminated Age:28.6	5Friday 0% illuminated Age:0	6Saturday 1.1% illuminated Age:1	7Sunday 4.2% illuminated Age:1.9
Week 15	8Monday 9.3% illuminated Age:2.9	9Tuesday 16.3% illuminated Age:3.9	10Wednesday 25% illuminated Age:4.9	11Thursday 35% illuminated Age:5.9	12Friday 45.8% illuminated Age:7	13Saturday 57.1% illuminated Age:8.1	14Sunday 68.2% illuminated Age:9.1
Week 16	15Monday 78.6% illuminated Age:10.2	16Tuesday 87.4% illuminated Age:11.4	17Wednesday 94.2% illuminated Age:12.5	18Thursday 98.5% illuminated Age:13.6	19Friday 100% illuminated Age:14.7	20Saturday 98.8% illuminated Age:15.8	21Sunday 95.1% illuminated Age:16.9
Week 17	22Monday 89.4% illuminated Age:17.9	23Tuesday 82.1% illuminated Age:18.9	24Wednesday 73.6% illuminated Age:19.8	25Thursday 64.5% illuminated Age:20.8	26Friday 55% illuminated Age:21.7	27Saturday 45.4% illuminated Age:22.6	28Sunday 36.1% illuminated Age:23.5
Week 18	29Monday 27.3% illuminated Age:24.4	30Tuesday 19.3% illuminated Age:25.3	1Wednesday	2Thursday	3Friday	4Saturday	5Sunday
	6Monday	7Tuesday	8Wednesday	9Thursday	10Friday	11Saturday	12Sunday
	13Monday	14Tuesday	15Wednesday	16Thursday	17Friday	18Saturday	19Sunday