Lunar Calendar Month April 2019 (Sint Maarten)

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 Philipsburg, Sint Maarten 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 phases	Dates	Time
new moon	2019-04-05	04:50
1st quarter	2019-04-12	15:06
full moon	2019-04-19	07:12
3rd quarter	2019-04-26	18:18

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

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

Position	Dates	Time	Distance
Apogee	2019-03-31	20:15	405,576 km
Perigee	2019-04-16	18:03	364,208 km
Apogee	2019-04-28	14:21	404,576 km

Meteor Activity

Active meteor showers this month and their peak days. For more information, see the meteor shower calendar 2019.

Name	Peak Day
Lyrids	2019-04-23
π-Puppids	2019-04-23

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
Venus	2019-04-02 00:17
Mercury	2019-04-02 19:01
Mars	2019-04-09 02:40
Aldebaran	2019-04-09 11:43
Beehive	2019-04-13 16:12
Regulus	2019-04-15 04:22
Jupiter	2019-04-23 07:36
Saturn	2019-04-25 10:38

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
w	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Week 14	1Monday 15.6% illuminated Age: 25.7	2Tuesday 9.4% illuminated Age: 26.6	3Wednesday 4.6% illuminated Age: 27.5	4Thursday 1.4% illuminated Age: 28.4	5Friday 0% illuminated Age: 29.3	6Saturday 0.6% illuminated Age: 0.7	7Sunday 3.2% illuminated Age: 1.7
Week 15	8Monday 7.9% illuminated Age: 2.7	9Tuesday 14.4% illuminated Age: 3.7	10Wednesday 22.7% illuminated Age: 4.7	11Thursday 32.4% illuminated Age: 5.7	12Friday 43.1% illuminated Age: 6.7	13Saturday 54.3% illuminated Age: 7.8	14Sunday 65.5% illuminated Age: 8.9
Week 16	15Monday 76.1% illuminated Age: 10	16Tuesday 85.4% illuminated Age: 11.1	17Wednesday 92.7% illuminated Age: 12.2	18Thursday 97.7% illuminated Age: 13.3	19Friday 99.9% illuminated Age: 14.4	20Saturday 99.3% illuminated Age: 15.5	21Sunday 96.2% illuminated Age: 16.6
Week 17	22Monday 91% illuminated Age: 17.6	23Tuesday 84% illuminated Age: 18.6	24Wednesday 75.8% illuminated Age: 19.6	25Thursday 66.8% illuminated Age: 20.5	26Friday 57.4% illuminated Age: 21.5	27Saturday 47.8% illuminated Age: 22.4	28Sunday 38.4% illuminated Age: 23.2
Week 18	29Monday 29.5% illuminated Age: 24.1	30Tuesday 21.2% illuminated Age: 25	1 Wednesday	2 Thursday	3 Friday	4 Saturday	5 Sunday
	6 Monday	7 Tuesday	8 Wednesday	9 Thursday	10 Friday	11 Saturday	12 Sunday
	13 Monday	14 Tuesday	15 Wednesday	16 Thursday	17 Friday	18 Saturday	19 Sunday