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April, Today’s dates — the Roman Way:

Aprilis, A.U.C. 2755, A.D. 2002

The dates displayed on this site are essentially based on the format shown by Roman calendars (Julian or Old Style) and are adapted to the Gregorian (New Style) calendars in use by most of the world today in an effort to show the transitions from those historical calendar styles that express the continuity of past and present dates; such as, (Norse-Latin) day-name information and (Roman) month names. Using the year 2002 is presented as an example for comparisons only and is not intended to be the most recent calendar format.

This month of Aprilis (fourth month), shows the Latin names of the months and the Anglo-Saxon (Norse mythological) names for the days of the week, and the Roman-Gregorian numbers for the years.

The phases of the moon shown in this calendar are based on Universal Time (UT), or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), which refers to the mean solar time at the Greenwich meridian adopted as the standard time in a zone that includes the British Isles. The Greenwich meridian is the prime meridian that passes through the former Royal Observatory at Greenwich. It was adopted internationally as the zero of longitude in 1884.


Aprilis mensis
Aprilis
April

  Arabic     Roman     Roman     Anglo-Saxon     English  
  Day     Day     Week     Week     Week  
Numbers Names Days Days Days
         
1 Calends   dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
    waning   gibbous   moon
2   IV ad Nones   dies Martis   Tiwesdaeg   Tuesday
3   III ad Nones     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
4   Pridie Nones     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
    last   quarter   moon
5   Nones     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
6   VIII ad Ides     dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
7   VII ad Ides     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
8   VI ad Ides     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
    waning   crescent   moon
9   V ad Ides     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
10   IV ad Ides     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
11   III ad Ides     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
12   Pridie Ides     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
     new   moon  
13   Ides     dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
14   XVIII ad Maius Cal.     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
15   XVII ad Maius Cal.     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
16   XVI ad Maius Cal.     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
    waxing   crescent   moon
17   XV ad Maius Cal.     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
18   XIV ad Maius Cal.     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
19   XIII ad Maius Cal.     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
20   XII ad Maius Cal.     dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
    first   quarter   moon
21   XI ad Maius Cal.     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
22   X ad Maius Cal.     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
23   IX ad Maius Cal.     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
24   VIII ad Maius Cal.     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
    waxing   gibbous   moon
25   VII ad Maius Cal.     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
26   VI ad Maius Cal.     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
27   V ad Maius Cal.     dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
    full   moon   
28   IV ad Maius Cal.     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
29   III ad Maius Cal.     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
30   Pridie Maius Cal.     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  


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You may also see the transitions of the Roman calendars from the first one to the latest version:

  Six Roman Calendars, from King Romulus to Pope Gregory XIII  

The bird of time has but a little way
To flutter— and the bird is on the wing.
—Omar Khayyám, from the Rubaiyat

The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present;
The trouble with the present is that it keeps turning into the past and the future!
—Anonymous

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