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Lunar Calendar Month April 2025 (South Africa)

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 Pretoria, South Africa during April 2025.

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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
1st quarter2025-04-0504:15
full moon2025-04-1302:22
3rd quarter2025-04-2103:35
new moon2025-04-2721:31

Apogee and perigee of the Moon

The following table shows the dates of perigee and apogee of the Moon during April 2025.

PositionDatesTimeDistanceNotes
Apogee2025-04-1400:49406,294 km
Perigee2025-04-2718:16357,118 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
Pleiades2025-04-01 22:28
Pollux2025-04-05 18:46
Mars2025-04-05 21:04
Beehive2025-04-06 18:44
Regulus2025-04-08 13:51
Spica2025-04-13 03:39
Antares2025-04-17 00:19
Venus2025-04-25 03:21
Saturn2025-04-25 06:15
Mercury2025-04-26 03:05
Pleiades2025-04-29 08:35

Illumination of the Moon

The following table depicts the illumination of the Moon, calculated at 00:00, throughtout the 30 days of April 2025.

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

April 2025
wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Week 14
31 Monday
 
1Tuesday
 
9% illuminated
Age: 2.9
2Wednesday
 
17% illuminated
Age: 4
3Thursday
 
26.6% illuminated
Age: 5.1
4Friday
 
37.1% illuminated
Age: 6.2
5Saturday
 
48% illuminated
Age: 7.2
6Sunday
 
58.6% illuminated
Age: 8.2
Week 15
7Monday
 
68.6% illuminated
Age: 9.2
8Tuesday
 
77.5% illuminated
Age: 10.1
9Wednesday
 
85.2% illuminated
Age: 11.1
10Thursday
 
91.5% illuminated
Age: 12
11Friday
 
96.1% illuminated
Age: 12.9
12Saturday
 
98.9% illuminated
Age: 13.8
13Sunday
 
100% illuminated
Age: 14.7
Week 16
14Monday
 
99.3% illuminated
Age: 15.6
15Tuesday
 
96.7% illuminated
Age: 16.5
16Wednesday
 
92.6% illuminated
Age: 17.4
17Thursday
 
86.8% illuminated
Age: 18.3
18Friday
 
79.6% illuminated
Age: 19.2
19Saturday
 
71.2% illuminated
Age: 20.1
20Sunday
 
61.8% illuminated
Age: 21
Week 17
21Monday
 
51.6% illuminated
Age: 22
22Tuesday
 
41.1% illuminated
Age: 23
23Wednesday
 
30.7% illuminated
Age: 24
24Thursday
 
20.8% illuminated
Age: 25.1
25Friday
 
12.1% illuminated
Age: 26.2
26Saturday
 
5.4% illuminated
Age: 27.3
27Sunday
 
1.2% illuminated
Age: 28.5
Week 18
28Monday
 
0% illuminated
Age: 0.1
29Tuesday
 
1.9% illuminated
Age: 1.3
30Wednesday
 
6.7% illuminated
Age: 2.5
1 Thursday
 
2 Friday
 
3 Saturday
 
4 Sunday
 
5 Monday
 
6 Tuesday
 
7 Wednesday
 
8 Thursday
 
9 Friday
 
10 Saturday
 
11 Sunday
 
12 Monday
 
13 Tuesday
 
14 Wednesday
 
15 Thursday
 
16 Friday
 
17 Saturday
 
18 Sunday
 
Content last updated on 2018-10-21T17:33:00Z