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Lunar Calendar Month April 2024 (Barbados)

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 Bridgetown, Barbados during April 2024.

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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 quarter2024-04-0123:15
new moon2024-04-0814:21
1st quarter2024-04-1515:13
full moon2024-04-2319:49

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during April 2024.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2024-04-0713:54358,848 km
Apogee2024-04-1922:10405,624 km

Eclipses in April 2024

The following is information about eclipses occuring worldwide during April 2024. The eclipses listed here may be totally visible, partly visible or not visible in any part of Barbados.

TypeDatesSarosNotes
solar eclipse2024-04-08139

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
Mars2024-04-05 23:51
Saturn2024-04-06 05:20
Venus2024-04-07 12:39
Jupiter2024-04-10 17:08
Pleiades2024-04-11 08:38
Pollux2024-04-15 09:47
Beehive2024-04-16 10:45
Spica2024-04-22 22:02
Antares2024-04-26 16:00

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of April 2024.

April 2024
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 14
1Monday
 
60.3% illuminated
Age: 21.2
2Tuesday
 
49.7% illuminated
Age: 22.2
3Wednesday
 
38.7% illuminated
Age: 23.2
4Thursday
 
28% illuminated
Age: 24.3
5Friday
 
18.2% illuminated
Age: 25.4
6Saturday
 
9.9% illuminated
Age: 26.5
7Sunday
 
3.8% illuminated
Age: 27.7
Week 15
8Monday
 
0.5% illuminated
Age: 28.8
9Tuesday
 
0.2% illuminated
Age: 0.5
10Wednesday
 
2.9% illuminated
Age: 1.6
11Thursday
 
8.1% illuminated
Age: 2.7
12Friday
 
15.4% illuminated
Age: 3.8
13Saturday
 
24.1% illuminated
Age: 4.8
14Sunday
 
33.7% illuminated
Age: 5.8
Week 16
15Monday
 
43.6% illuminated
Age: 6.8
16Tuesday
 
53.5% illuminated
Age: 7.7
17Wednesday
 
63.1% illuminated
Age: 8.6
18Thursday
 
72% illuminated
Age: 9.5
19Friday
 
80.1% illuminated
Age: 10.4
20Saturday
 
87.1% illuminated
Age: 11.3
21Sunday
 
92.7% illuminated
Age: 12.2
Week 17
22Monday
 
96.9% illuminated
Age: 13.1
23Tuesday
 
99.4% illuminated
Age: 14
24Wednesday
 
100% illuminated
Age: 14.9
25Thursday
 
98.6% illuminated
Age: 15.9
26Friday
 
95.3% illuminated
Age: 16.8
27Saturday
 
90.1% illuminated
Age: 17.8
28Sunday
 
83% illuminated
Age: 18.8
Week 18
29Monday
 
74.4% illuminated
Age: 19.8
30Tuesday
 
64.4% illuminated
Age: 20.8
1 Wednesday
 
2 Thursday
 
3 Friday
 
4 Saturday
 
5 Sunday
 
6 Monday
 
7 Tuesday
 
8 Wednesday
 
9 Thursday
 
10 Friday
 
11 Saturday
 
12 Sunday
 
13 Monday
 
14 Tuesday
 
15 Wednesday
 
16 Thursday
 
17 Friday
 
18 Saturday
 
19 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z