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Lunar Calendar Month April 2018 (Botswana)

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 Gaborone, Botswana during April 2018.

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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 quarter2018-04-0809:17
new moon2018-04-1603:57
1st quarter2018-04-2223:45
full moon2018-04-3002:58

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during April 2018.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2018-04-0807:33404,144 km
Perigee2018-04-2016:46368,712 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2018.

NamePeak Day
Lyrids2018-04-22
π-Puppids2018-04-23

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
Jupiter2018-04-03 16:14
Saturn2018-04-07 14:50
Mars2018-04-07 20:15
Venus2018-04-17 21:29
Aldebaran2018-04-19 06:45
Beehive2018-04-23 08:17
Regulus2018-04-24 21:39
Jupiter2018-04-30 19:16

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of April 2018.

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

April 2018
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 13
26Monday
 
27Tuesday
 
28Wednesday
 
29Thursday
 
30Friday
 
31Saturday
 
1Sunday
 
99.8% illuminated
Age:15.2
Week 14
2Monday
 
97.7% illuminated
Age:16.2
3Tuesday
 
93.5% illuminated
Age:17.2
4Wednesday
 
87.6% illuminated
Age:18.2
5Thursday
 
80.3% illuminated
Age:19.1
6Friday
 
72% illuminated
Age:20
7Saturday
 
63.1% illuminated
Age:20.9
8Sunday
 
53.8% illuminated
Age:21.8
Week 15
9Monday
 
44.3% illuminated
Age:22.7
10Tuesday
 
35% illuminated
Age:23.6
11Wednesday
 
26.2% illuminated
Age:24.5
12Thursday
 
18.1% illuminated
Age:25.4
13Friday
 
11% illuminated
Age:26.4
14Saturday
 
5.4% illuminated
Age:27.3
15Sunday
 
1.6% illuminated
Age:28.3
Week 16
16Monday
 
0% illuminated
Age:29.4
17Tuesday
 
0.9% illuminated
Age:0.9
18Wednesday
 
4.3% illuminated
Age:2
19Thursday
 
10.1% illuminated
Age:3
20Friday
 
18.1% illuminated
Age:4.1
21Saturday
 
27.9% illuminated
Age:5.2
22Sunday
 
38.7% illuminated
Age:6.3
Week 17
23Monday
 
50.1% illuminated
Age:7.4
24Tuesday
 
61.4% illuminated
Age:8.5
25Wednesday
 
72% illuminated
Age:9.5
26Thursday
 
81.5% illuminated
Age:10.6
27Friday
 
89.2% illuminated
Age:11.6
28Saturday
 
95% illuminated
Age:12.6
29Sunday
 
98.6% illuminated
Age:13.7
Week 18
30Monday
 
100% illuminated
Age:14.7
1Tuesday
 
2Wednesday
 
3Thursday
 
4Friday
 
5Saturday
 
6Sunday
 
7Monday
 
8Tuesday
 
9Wednesday
 
10Thursday
 
11Friday
 
12Saturday
 
13Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z