Rhythm

The moon calendar

The moons of April 2028

Full moon in Libra. New moon in Taurus. Exact times below, in Central and UTC.

  1. Sunday, April 9
    5:27 am Central
    Apr 9, 10:27 UTC

    Full moon in Libra

    Everything lit. What has been growing is visible now.

    Moon in Libra: partners and balance. Agreements, the other side of the table.

    Source: Computed from the Moon–Sun elongation (astronomy-engine).

  2. Wednesday, April 19

    Cerealia

    For Ceres, of grain and growth. Held when the crop is in the ground and out of your hands — the work is done, the waiting is the work now.

    Source: Ovid, Fasti IV.393–620, trans. Frazer (Loeb, 1931)

  3. Monday, April 24
    2:47 pm Central
    Apr 24, 19:47 UTC

    New moon in Taurus

    The dark of the moon. A beginning that nobody can see yet.

    Moon in Taurus: slow and steady. Money, food, comfort, what lasts.

    Source: Computed from the Moon–Sun elongation (astronomy-engine).

  4. Friday, April 28

    Floralia

    Six days for Flora and the flowering. Colour, licence, and delight — a season that insists on being enjoyed rather than only harvested.

    Source: Ovid, Fasti V.183–378, trans. Frazer (Loeb, 1931)

Computed with astronomy-engine, which follows the NASA JPL ephemerides. Times are Central (Daylight or Standard as the date falls) and UTC; a moon is one instant for the whole world, so only the clock changes with the zone.

How to use the month

Start after the new moon. Review at the full.

The week after the new moon is for beginning what you decided on at the dark of the moon. The full moon is when it shows, and the days after it are for looking honestly at how it went. The last week before the next new moon is for finishing and clearing. That is the whole method, and the app runs a planner on it for people who run businesses.

The sign each moon falls in colours it. The lines under each moon above say what that sign is like; the house wheel says which of your own houses it lands in, from your rising sign.

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