Skylog: Maer Chronicales Lunar

April 2010

Lunation   New Moon                   First Quarter               Full Moon
1080         2010 April 14 12:29       2010 April 21, 18:20    2010 April 28 12:18

Apogee

2010 Apr 9th  10:08 405002km  

Perigee

2010 Apr 24th 21:00 367141km  

Lunar Libration (as of 2010:04:04)

Illumination of disk 64%
Libration in longitude  5.784°
Libration in latitude 2.036°

max east limb exposed: 2nd (+6.6°), 30th (+5.7°)
max south limb exposed: 13th (-6.5°)
max west limb exposed: 16th (-5.2°)
max north limb exposed: 26th (+6.2°)

Events for April

3rd   Moon Close by Antares
6th   Last Quarter
11th Morning Waning Crescent look for Jupiter nearby  before Sunrise
14th New Moon
15th Waxing Crescent near Mercury inthe evening twilight
16th Waxing Crescent above Venus inthe evening twilight
17th Waxing Crescent with Aldeberan and the Peiades form a triangle in the evening sky
21st 1st Qaurter Moon  near Mars with M44 this evening
23rd Waxing Moon South of Regulus
25th Waxing Moon South of Saturn
27th Waxing Moon  below Spica
28th Full Moon(in Libra)

Libration Diagram with thanks to the BAA Lunar Section