Moon calendar, April 2020
Tropical zodiac · geocentric, apparent positions · Swiss Ephemeris, checked against NASA JPL DE440 · void of course: last exact conjunction, sextile, square, trine or opposition to the Sun and Mercury to Pluto · times in UTC
Full Moon on 8 April at 02:35, in Libra. New Moon on 23 April at 02:25, in Taurus.
The Moon changes sign 13 times this month and is void of course before each change.
| Date | Moon sign | Phase | Void of course |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 | Cancer | First quarter at 10:21 | |
| Thu 2 | Cancer, enters Leo at 18:26 | 16:49 to 18:26 | |
| Fri 3 | Leo | from 19:28 | |
| Sat 4 | Leo, enters Virgo at 21:18 | until 21:18 | |
| Sun 5 | Virgo | ||
| Mon 6 | Virgo, enters Libra at 21:16 | 13:29 to 21:16 | |
| Tue 7 | Libra | ||
| Wed 8 | Libra, enters Scorpio at 20:16 | Full Moon at 02:35 | 12:49 to 20:16 |
| Thu 9 | Scorpio | ||
| Fri 10 | Scorpio, enters Sagittarius at 20:35 | 19:35 to 20:35 | |
| Sat 11 | Sagittarius | ||
| Sun 12 | Sagittarius | from 11:46 | |
| Mon 13 | Sagittarius, enters Capricorn at 00:05 | until 00:05 | |
| Tue 14 | Capricorn | Last quarter at 22:56 | from 23:47 |
| Wed 15 | Capricorn, enters Aquarius at 07:37 | until 07:37 | |
| Thu 16 | Aquarius | ||
| Fri 17 | Aquarius, enters Pisces at 18:29 | 14:34 to 18:29 | |
| Sat 18 | Pisces | ||
| Sun 19 | Pisces | from 23:31 | |
| Mon 20 | Pisces, enters Aries at 07:00 | until 07:00 | |
| Tue 21 | Aries | ||
| Wed 22 | Aries, enters Taurus at 19:35 | 12:31 to 19:35 | |
| Thu 23 | Taurus | New Moon at 02:25 | |
| Fri 24 | Taurus | ||
| Sat 25 | Taurus, enters Gemini at 07:19 | 00:42 to 07:19 | |
| Sun 26 | Gemini | ||
| Mon 27 | Gemini, enters Cancer at 17:27 | 17:00 to 17:27 | |
| Tue 28 | Cancer | ||
| Wed 29 | Cancer | from 19:29 | |
| Thu 30 | Cancer, enters Leo at 01:06 | First quarter at 20:38 | until 01:06 |
Go deeper: phases, signs and void of course
Phases. New Moon is the moment the Moon passes the Sun in longitude; first quarter, full and last quarter are 90°, 180° and 270° past it. Each happens at one instant worldwide; only the clock time differs by place.
Signs. The Moon crosses a sign in about two and a half days. These are tropical signs; in a sidereal (Vedic) zodiac the Moon reaches each sign about 24° later, nearly two days after the times shown.
Void of course. From the Moon’s last exact major aspect in a sign until it enters the next sign. William Lilly, in the 17th century, counted only the Sun and the five visible planets; most modern calendars add Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, so their void periods are often shorter. Switch between the two above.