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Lunar Calendar Month April 2019 (Senegal)

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 Dakar, Senegal during April 2019.

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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 moon2019-04-0508:50
1st quarter2019-04-1219:06
full moon2019-04-1911:12
3rd quarter2019-04-2622:18

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during April 2019.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2019-04-0100:15405,576 km
Perigee2019-04-1622:03364,208 km
Apogee2019-04-2818:21404,576 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 ObjectsDate and Time
Venus2019-04-02 04:17
Mercury2019-04-02 23:01
Mars2019-04-09 06:40
Aldebaran2019-04-09 15:43
Beehive2019-04-13 20:12
Regulus2019-04-15 08:22
Jupiter2019-04-23 11:36
Saturn2019-04-25 14:38

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of April 2019.

April 2019
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 14
1Monday
 
16.8% illuminated
Age:25.6
2Tuesday
 
10.3% illuminated
Age:26.5
3Wednesday
 
5.3% illuminated
Age:27.4
4Thursday
 
1.8% illuminated
Age:28.3
5Friday
 
0.1% illuminated
Age:29.2
6Saturday
 
0.4% illuminated
Age:0.6
7Sunday
 
2.7% illuminated
Age:1.5
Week 15
8Monday
 
7% illuminated
Age:2.5
9Tuesday
 
13.2% illuminated
Age:3.5
10Wednesday
 
21.2% illuminated
Age:4.5
11Thursday
 
30.7% illuminated
Age:5.5
12Friday
 
41.2% illuminated
Age:6.6
13Saturday
 
52.4% illuminated
Age:7.6
14Sunday
 
63.7% illuminated
Age:8.7
Week 16
15Monday
 
74.4% illuminated
Age:9.8
16Tuesday
 
83.9% illuminated
Age:10.9
17Wednesday
 
91.7% illuminated
Age:12
18Thursday
 
97% illuminated
Age:13.1
19Friday
 
99.7% illuminated
Age:14.3
20Saturday
 
99.6% illuminated
Age:15.4
21Sunday
 
96.9% illuminated
Age:16.4
Week 17
22Monday
 
92% illuminated
Age:17.5
23Tuesday
 
85.3% illuminated
Age:18.5
24Wednesday
 
77.2% illuminated
Age:19.4
25Thursday
 
68.3% illuminated
Age:20.4
26Friday
 
59% illuminated
Age:21.3
27Saturday
 
49.4% illuminated
Age:22.2
28Sunday
 
40% illuminated
Age:23.1
Week 18
29Monday
 
30.9% illuminated
Age:24
30Tuesday
 
22.5% illuminated
Age:24.9
1Wednesday
 
2Thursday
 
3Friday
 
4Saturday
 
5Sunday
 
6Monday
 
7Tuesday
 
8Wednesday
 
9Thursday
 
10Friday
 
11Saturday
 
12Sunday
 
13Monday
 
14Tuesday
 
15Wednesday
 
16Thursday
 
17Friday
 
18Saturday
 
19Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z