Moon calendar

Moon phases in April 2029

The full moon falls on 28 April 2029, within a day of perigee, so the disc is at its largest.

Phases

• Last quarter5 April 2029 at 19:52 UTC386,027 km away
• New moon13 April 2029 at 21:40 UTC406,361 km away
• First quarter21 April 2029 at 19:50 UTC380,720 km away
• Full moon28 April 2029 at 10:37 UTC358,370 km away

Perigee and apogee

The Moon's distance varies by more than 40,000 km over a month. At perigee the disc appears about 14% wider than at apogee — a difference that is obvious in a photograph and almost impossible to judge by eye, since there is nothing in the sky to compare it to.

A perigee full moon

The full moon on 28 April 2029 falls within a day of perigee on 27 April 2029, at 357,819 km. This is the configuration usually marketed as a supermoon. The effect is real but modest: the disc is a few per cent wider than an average full moon, not the dramatic difference the name suggests.

Times from an ELP-derived lunar theory, accurate to within one arcminute. Watch the phase change in the live simulation. A new moon is when a solar eclipse becomes possible; a full moon, a lunar one.