Sign In

Lunar Calendar Month April 2022 (Bulgaria)

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 Sofia, Bulgaria during April 2022.

Choose a country from the list to get relevant information:

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
new moon2022-04-0109:24
1st quarter2022-04-0909:48
full moon2022-04-1621:55
3rd quarter2022-04-2314:56
new moon2022-04-3023:28

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2022-04-0722:12404,437 km
Perigee2022-04-1918:17365,142 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 Bulgaria.

TypeDatesSarosNotes
solar eclipse2022-04-30119

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
Pleiades2022-04-05 04:16
Pollux2022-04-09 18:14
Beehive2022-04-10 19:27
Saturn2022-04-24 23:56
Mars2022-04-26 01:06
Venus2022-04-27 04:51
Jupiter2022-04-27 11:23

Illumination of the Moon

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

April 2022
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 13
28Monday
 
29Tuesday
 
30Wednesday
 
31Thursday
 
1Friday
 
0.2% illuminated
Age:29.1
2Saturday
 
0.4% illuminated
Age:0.6
3Sunday
 
2.7% illuminated
Age:1.6
Week 14
4Monday
 
7% illuminated
Age:2.5
5Tuesday
 
12.8% illuminated
Age:3.4
6Wednesday
 
19.9% illuminated
Age:4.4
7Thursday
 
28.1% illuminated
Age:5.2
8Friday
 
36.9% illuminated
Age:6.1
9Saturday
 
46.2% illuminated
Age:7
10Sunday
 
55.7% illuminated
Age:7.9
Week 15
11Monday
 
65.2% illuminated
Age:8.8
12Tuesday
 
74.2% illuminated
Age:9.8
13Wednesday
 
82.5% illuminated
Age:10.7
14Thursday
 
89.7% illuminated
Age:11.7
15Friday
 
95.3% illuminated
Age:12.7
16Saturday
 
98.9% illuminated
Age:13.8
17Sunday
 
100% illuminated
Age:14.8
Week 16
18Monday
 
98.4% illuminated
Age:15.9
19Tuesday
 
94.1% illuminated
Age:17.1
20Wednesday
 
87.3% illuminated
Age:18.2
21Thursday
 
78.5% illuminated
Age:19.3
22Friday
 
68.2% illuminated
Age:20.4
23Saturday
 
57% illuminated
Age:21.5
24Sunday
 
45.7% illuminated
Age:22.6
Week 17
25Monday
 
34.8% illuminated
Age:23.6
26Tuesday
 
24.8% illuminated
Age:24.6
27Wednesday
 
16.1% illuminated
Age:25.6
28Thursday
 
9.1% illuminated
Age:26.6
29Friday
 
4% illuminated
Age:27.6
30Saturday
 
1% illuminated
Age:28.6
1Sunday
 
2Monday
 
3Tuesday
 
4Wednesday
 
5Thursday
 
6Friday
 
7Saturday
 
8Sunday
 
9Monday
 
10Tuesday
 
11Wednesday
 
12Thursday
 
13Friday
 
14Saturday
 
15Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z