Moon Phases Calendar April 2017

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Ready to explore other moon phases? This tool shows the current moon phase and allows you to shift the phases and see how the moon is illuminated at each phase.

Credit: NASA

«April 2017»
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
left
right
Saturday, April 1st, 2017
Waxing Cresent
2
left
right
Sunday, April 2nd, 2017
Waxing Cresent
3
right
Monday, April 3rd, 2017
First Quarter
4
right
Tuesday, April 4th, 2017
First Quarter
5
right
Wednesday, April 5th, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
6
right
Thursday, April 6th, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
7
right
Friday, April 7th, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
8
right
Saturday, April 8th, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
9
right
Sunday, April 9th, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
10
right
Monday, April 10th, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
11
Tuesday, April 11th, 2017
Full Moon
12
right
Wednesday, April 12th, 2017
Waning Gibbous
13
right
Thursday, April 13th, 2017
Waning Gibbous
14
right
Friday, April 14th, 2017
Waning Gibbous
15
right
Saturday, April 15th, 2017
Waning Gibbous
16
right
Sunday, April 16th, 2017
Waning Gibbous
17
right
Monday, April 17th, 2017
Waning Gibbous
18
right
Tuesday, April 18th, 2017
Last Quarter
19
right
Wednesday, April 19th, 2017
Last Quarter
20
left
right
Thursday, April 20th, 2017
Waning Cresent
21
left
right
Friday, April 21st, 2017
Waning Cresent
22
left
right
Saturday, April 22nd, 2017
Waning Cresent
23
left
right
Sunday, April 23rd, 2017
Waning Cresent
24
left
right
Monday, April 24th, 2017
Waning Cresent
25
left
right
Tuesday, April 25th, 2017
Waning Cresent
26
left
right
Wednesday, April 26th, 2017
New Moon
27
left
right
Thursday, April 27th, 2017
Waxing Cresent
28
left
right
Friday, April 28th, 2017
Waxing Cresent
29
left
right
Saturday, April 29th, 2017
Waxing Cresent
30
left
right
Sunday, April 30th, 2017
Waxing Cresent
Moon phase image

Moon phases software screen saver.

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Diagram explaining the moon phases

This diagram shows the relative positions of the Sun, the Moon and earth and explains how the different moon phases appear.

The visible part of the moon is the part of the moon's surface that gets hit by the sunlight. The rest of the moon disc is almost invisible.

The moon phases are not caused by the shadow of the earth on to the moon. It is the moon's own shadow at the part of its surface that is not hit by the sunlight.

In other words, the visible "sunny" part is made of the places where there is "day" on the moon and the shadow part is where there is "night".

Moon phases diagram explained. Sun, Earth, Moon

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.