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Lunar Calendar Month April 2023 (Cape Verde)

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 Praia, Cape Verde during April 2023.

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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
full moon2023-04-0603:34
3rd quarter2023-04-1308:11
new moon2023-04-2003:12
1st quarter2023-04-2720:20

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during April 2023.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Perigee2023-04-1601:24367,966 km
Apogee2023-04-2805:45404,299 km

Eclipses in April 2023

The following is information about eclipses occuring worldwide during April 2023. The eclipses listed here may be totally visible, partly visible or not visible in any part of Cape Verde.

TypeDatesSarosNotes
solar eclipse2023-04-20129

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
Antares2023-04-10 04:50
Saturn2023-04-16 02:47
Pleiades2023-04-22 08:14
Venus2023-04-23 12:03
Mars2023-04-26 01:18
Pollux2023-04-26 16:25

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of April 2023.

April 2023
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 13
27 Monday
 
28 Tuesday
 
29 Wednesday
 
30 Thursday
 
31 Friday
 
1Saturday
 
76.4% illuminated
Age: 10
2Sunday
 
84% illuminated
Age: 10.9
Week 14
3Monday
 
90.4% illuminated
Age: 11.8
4Tuesday
 
95.3% illuminated
Age: 12.7
5Wednesday
 
98.6% illuminated
Age: 13.7
6Thursday
 
100% illuminated
Age: 14.6
7Friday
 
99.2% illuminated
Age: 15.6
8Saturday
 
96.3% illuminated
Age: 16.6
9Sunday
 
91.2% illuminated
Age: 17.6
Week 15
10Monday
 
84.1% illuminated
Age: 18.6
11Tuesday
 
75.2% illuminated
Age: 19.7
12Wednesday
 
65% illuminated
Age: 20.7
13Thursday
 
53.9% illuminated
Age: 21.8
14Friday
 
42.5% illuminated
Age: 22.9
15Saturday
 
31.4% illuminated
Age: 23.9
16Sunday
 
21.2% illuminated
Age: 25
Week 16
17Monday
 
12.5% illuminated
Age: 26.1
18Tuesday
 
5.9% illuminated
Age: 27.2
19Wednesday
 
1.7% illuminated
Age: 28.3
20Thursday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 29.4
21Friday
 
0.9% illuminated
Age: 0.9
22Saturday
 
4.1% illuminated
Age: 1.9
23Sunday
 
9.3% illuminated
Age: 2.9
Week 17
24Monday
 
16.1% illuminated
Age: 3.9
25Tuesday
 
24% illuminated
Age: 4.8
26Wednesday
 
32.7% illuminated
Age: 5.7
27Thursday
 
42% illuminated
Age: 6.6
28Friday
 
51.4% illuminated
Age: 7.5
29Saturday
 
60.8% illuminated
Age: 8.4
30Sunday
 
69.9% illuminated
Age: 9.3
1 Monday
 
2 Tuesday
 
3 Wednesday
 
4 Thursday
 
5 Friday
 
6 Saturday
 
7 Sunday
 
8 Monday
 
9 Tuesday
 
10 Wednesday
 
11 Thursday
 
12 Friday
 
13 Saturday
 
14 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z