Lunar Calendar Month April 2026 (Papua New Guinea)

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 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea during April 2026.

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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 phases	Dates	Time
full moon	2026-04-02	12:12
3rd quarter	2026-04-10	14:51
new moon	2026-04-17	21:52
1st quarter	2026-04-24	12:32

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during April 2026.

Position	Dates	Time	Distance	Notes
Apogee	2026-04-07	18:33	404,973 km
Perigee	2026-04-19	16:58	361,630 km

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 Objects	Date and Time
Spica	2026-04-03 11:32
Antares	2026-04-07 05:21
Mars	2026-04-16 10:45
Venus	2026-04-19 18:48
Pleiades	2026-04-20 02:28
Jupiter	2026-04-23 08:06
Beehive	2026-04-24 17:46
Regulus	2026-04-26 10:37
Spica	2026-04-30 18:17

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of April 2026.

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

April 2026
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 14	30 Monday	31 Tuesday	1Wednesday 97.6% illuminated Age: 13.3	2Thursday 99.7% illuminated Age: 14.3	3Friday 99.7% illuminated Age: 15.2	4Saturday 97.7% illuminated Age: 16.2	5Sunday 93.9% illuminated Age: 17.1
Week 15	6Monday 88.5% illuminated Age: 18	7Tuesday 81.8% illuminated Age: 18.9	8Wednesday 74% illuminated Age: 19.8	9Thursday 65.3% illuminated Age: 20.7	10Friday 56% illuminated Age: 21.6	11Saturday 46.4% illuminated Age: 22.5	12Sunday 36.7% illuminated Age: 23.4
Week 16	13Monday 27.3% illuminated Age: 24.4	14Tuesday 18.5% illuminated Age: 25.3	15Wednesday 10.9% illuminated Age: 26.4	16Thursday 4.9% illuminated Age: 27.4	17Friday 1.2% illuminated Age: 28.5	18Saturday 0% illuminated Age: 0.1	19Sunday 1.7% illuminated Age: 1.2
Week 17	20Monday 6.3% illuminated Age: 2.4	21Tuesday 13.4% illuminated Age: 3.5	22Wednesday 22.5% illuminated Age: 4.7	23Thursday 33% illuminated Age: 5.7	24Friday 44.1% illuminated Age: 6.8	25Saturday 55.2% illuminated Age: 7.9	26Sunday 65.8% illuminated Age: 8.9
Week 18	27Monday 75.5% illuminated Age: 9.9	28Tuesday 83.9% illuminated Age: 10.9	29Wednesday 90.6% illuminated Age: 11.8	30Thursday 95.7% illuminated Age: 12.8	1 Friday	2 Saturday	3 Sunday
	4 Monday	5 Tuesday	6 Wednesday	7 Thursday	8 Friday	9 Saturday	10 Sunday
	11 Monday	12 Tuesday	13 Wednesday	14 Thursday	15 Friday	16 Saturday	17 Sunday