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Lunar Calendar Month April 2022 (French Polynesia)

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 Papeete, French Polynesia during April 2022.

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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
new moon2022-03-3120:24
1st quarter2022-04-0820:48
full moon2022-04-1608:55
3rd quarter2022-04-2301:56
new moon2022-04-3010:28

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2022-04-0709:12404,437 km
Perigee2022-04-1905:17365,142 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 French Polynesia.

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
Pleiades2022-04-04 15:16
Pollux2022-04-09 05:14
Beehive2022-04-10 06:27
Saturn2022-04-24 10:56
Mars2022-04-25 12:06
Venus2022-04-26 15:51
Jupiter2022-04-26 22:23

Illumination of the Moon

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

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

April 2022
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 13
28Monday
 
29Tuesday
 
30Wednesday
 
31Thursday
 
1Friday
 
0% illuminated
Age:0.1
2Saturday
 
1.4% illuminated
Age:1.1
3Sunday
 
4.8% illuminated
Age:2.1
Week 14
4Monday
 
10% illuminated
Age:3
5Tuesday
 
16.5% illuminated
Age:3.9
6Wednesday
 
24.2% illuminated
Age:4.8
7Thursday
 
32.8% illuminated
Age:5.7
8Friday
 
41.9% illuminated
Age:6.6
9Saturday
 
51.4% illuminated
Age:7.5
10Sunday
 
60.9% illuminated
Age:8.4
Week 15
11Monday
 
70.1% illuminated
Age:9.3
12Tuesday
 
78.8% illuminated
Age:10.3
13Wednesday
 
86.6% illuminated
Age:11.2
14Thursday
 
93% illuminated
Age:12.2
15Friday
 
97.5% illuminated
Age:13.3
16Saturday
 
99.8% illuminated
Age:14.3
17Sunday
 
99.5% illuminated
Age:15.4
Week 16
18Monday
 
96.4% illuminated
Age:16.6
19Tuesday
 
90.7% illuminated
Age:17.7
20Wednesday
 
82.8% illuminated
Age:18.8
21Thursday
 
73.1% illuminated
Age:19.9
22Friday
 
62.2% illuminated
Age:21
23Saturday
 
50.9% illuminated
Age:22.1
24Sunday
 
39.7% illuminated
Age:23.1
Week 17
25Monday
 
29.2% illuminated
Age:24.2
26Tuesday
 
19.9% illuminated
Age:25.2
27Wednesday
 
12.1% illuminated
Age:26.2
28Thursday
 
6.1% illuminated
Age:27.2
29Friday
 
2.1% illuminated
Age:28.2
30Saturday
 
0.2% illuminated
Age:29.1
1Sunday
 
2Monday
 
3Tuesday
 
4Wednesday
 
5Thursday
 
6Friday
 
7Saturday
 
8Sunday
 
9Monday
 
10Tuesday
 
11Wednesday
 
12Thursday
 
13Friday
 
14Saturday
 
15Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z