Phases of Earth's Moon Each Month of the Year:
A.D. 2008

Also, Eclipses (beginning 2007 March); Monthly Times of Lunar Apogee and Perigee (beginning 2007 April)

A.D. 2008

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April ** May ** June

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October ** November ** December

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Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)

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A.D. 2008

2008 January

* Jan. 3, 3:00 a.m. EST - Moon at apogee (405,331 km)

* Jan. 8, 6:37 a.m. EST - New Moon (lunation 1052)

* Jan. 15, 2:46 p.m. EST - First Quarter Moon

* Jan. 19, 4:00 a.m. EST - Moon at perigee (366,430 km)

* Jan. 22, 8:35 a.m. EST - Full Moon (Wolf Moon)

* Jan. 30, 12:03 a.m. EST - Last Quarter Moon

Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)

Phases of Moon Defined -- New Moon *** First Quarter *** Full Moon *** Last (or "Third") Quarter

2008 February

* Feb. 6, 10:44 p.m. EST - New Moon (lunation 1053)

* Feb. 6, 10:55:05.9 p.m. EST - Annular Solar Eclipse - Antarctica, South Pacific Ocean.

* Feb. 13, 8:00 p.m. EST - Moon at perigee (370,219 km)

* Feb. 13, 10:33 p.m. EST - First Quarter Moon

* Feb. 20, 10:26:04.8 p.m. EST - Total Lunar Eclipse - Americas, Western Europe, western Africa

* Feb. 20, 10:30 p.m. EST - Full Moon ( Snow Moon)

* Feb. 27, 8:00 p.m. EST - Moon at apogee (404,443 km)

* Feb. 28, 9:18 p.m. EST - Last Quarter Moon

Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)

Phases of Moon Defined -- New Moon *** First Quarter *** Full Moon *** Last (or "Third") Quarter

2008 March

* March 7, 12:14 p.m. EST - New Moon (lunation number 1054)

* March 10, 6:00 p.m. EDST - Moon at perigee (366,298 kilometers)

* March 14, 6:46 a.m. EDST - First Quarter Moon

* March 21, 2:40 p.m. EDST - Full Moon (Worm Moon)

* March 26, 4:00 p.m. EDST - Moon at apogee (405,092 kilometers)

* March 29, 5:47 p.m. EDST - Last Quarter Moon

Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)

Phases of Moon Defined -- New Moon *** First Quarter *** Full Moon *** Last (or "Third") Quarter

2008 April

* Sat. April 5, 11:55 p.m. EDST - New Moon (lunation number 1055)

* Mon. April 7, 3:00 p.m. EDST - Moon at perigee (361,080 kilometers) * Sat. April 12, 2:32 p.m. EDST - First Quarter Moon

* Sun., April 20, 6:25 a.m. EDST - Full Moon (Pink Moon)

* Wed., April 23, 6:00 a.m. EDST - Moon at apogee (405,943 kilometers)

* Mon., April 28, 10:12 a.m. EDST - Last Quarter Moon

Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)

Phases of Moon Defined -- New Moon *** First Quarter *** Full Moon *** Last (or "Third") Quarter

2008 May

* Mon., May 5, 8:18 a.m. EDST - New Moon (lunation no. 1056)

* Mon., May 5, 11:00 p.m. EDST - Moon at perigee (357,771 kilometers) - Large Tides expected.

* Sun., May 11, 11:47 p.m. EDST - First Quarter Moon

* Mon., May 19, 10:11 p.m. EDST - Full Moon (Flower Moon) - Smallest Full Moon in 2008.

* Tue., May 20, 10:00 a.m. EDST - Moon at apogee (406,403 kilometers)

* Tue., May 27, 10:57 p.m. EDST - Last Quarter Moon

Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)

Phases of Moon Defined -- New Moon *** First Quarter *** Full Moon *** Last (or "Third") Quarter

2008 June

* Tue., June 3, 9:00 a.m. EDST - Moon at perigee (357,251 kilometers); Large Tides Expected.

* Tue., June 3, 3:23 p.m. EDST - New Moon (Lunation 1057)

* Tue., June 10, 11:04 a.m. EDST - First Quarter Moon.

* Mon., June 16, 2:00 p.m. EDST - Moon at apogee (406,228 kilometers).

* Wed., June 18, 1:30 p.m. EDST - Full Moon (Strawberry Moon).

* Thur., June 26, 8:10 a.m. EDST - Last Quarter Moon.

Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)

Phases of Moon Defined -- New Moon *** First Quarter *** Full Moon *** Last (or "Third") Quarter

2008 July

* Wed., July 2, 10:19 p.m. EDST - New Moon: Lunation 1058

* Thur., July 10, 12:35 a.m. EDST - First Quarter Moon

* Mon., July 14, 12:00 Midnight EDST - Moon at apogee: 405,452 kilometers

* Fri., July 18, 3:59 a.m. EDST - Full Moon: Buck Moon.

* Fri., July 25, 2:42 p.m. EDST - Last Quarter Moon

* Tue., July 29, 7:00 p.m. EDST - Moon at perigee: 363,883 kilometers

Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)

Phases of Moon Defined -- New Moon *** First Quarter *** Full Moon *** Last (or "Third") Quarter

2008 August

* Fri., Aug. 1, 4:04:06 to 8:38:27 a.m. EDST - Total Solar Eclipse or Eclipse of the Sun visible in a narrow band traveling through northern Canada (Nunavut), northern Russia, western Mongolia, and China. Partial solar eclipse visible in northern Maine and the Maritime Provinces of Canada.
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* Fri., Aug. 1, 6:12 a.m. EDST - New Moon: Lunation Number 1059

* Fri., Aug. 8, 4:20 p.m. EDST - First Quarter Moon

* Sun., Aug. 10, 4:00 p.m. EDST - Moon at apogee: 404,556 kilometers)

* Sat., Aug. 16, 2:24:49 to 7:55:25 p.m. EDST - Partial Lunar Eclipse or Eclipse of the Moon visible in most of Europe and Africa, with all of South America and Australia able to view parts of the eclipse. There is no danger looking directly at a Lunar Eclipse or Eclipse of the Moon.

* Sat., Aug. 16, 5:16 p.m. EDST - Full Moon: Sturgeon Moon.

* Sat., Aug. 23, 7:49 p.m. EDST - Last Quarter Moon

* Tue., Aug. 26, 12:00 Midnight EDST - Moon at perigee: 368,696 kilometers

* Sat., Aug. 30, 3:58 p.m. EDST - New Moon: Lunation Number 1060

Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)

Phases of Moon Defined -- New Moon *** First Quarter *** Full Moon *** Last (or "Third") Quarter

2008 September

* Sun., Sept. 7, 10:04 a.m. EDST - First Quarter Moon

* Sun., Sept. 7, 11:00 a.m. EDST - Moon at apogee: 404,214 kilometers

* Mon., Sept. 15, 5:13 a.m. EST - Full Moon (Harvest Moon)

* Fri., Sept. 19, 11:00 p.m. EDST - Moon at perigee: 368,886 kilometers

* Mon., Sept. 22, 1:04 a.m. EST - Last Quarter Moon

* Mon., Sept. 29, 4:12 a.m. EST - New Moon: Lunation 1061

Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)

Phases of Moon Defined -- New Moon *** First Quarter *** Full Moon *** Last (or "Third") Quarter

2008 October

* Sat., Oct. 4, 7:00 a.m. EDST - Moon at apogee: 404,721 kilometers.

* Tue., Oct. 7, 5:04 a.m. EDST - First Quarter Moon

* Tue., Oct. 14, 4:02 p.m. EDST - Full Moon (Hunter's Moon)

* Tue., Oct. 21, 7:55 a.m. EDST - Last Quarter Moon

* Fri., Oct. 17, 2:00 a.m. EDST - Moon at perigee: 363,823 kilometers.

* Tue., Oct. 28, 7:14 p.m. EDST - New Moon: Lunation 1062

Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)

Phases of Moon Defined -- New Moon *** First Quarter *** Full Moon *** Last (or "Third") Quarter

2008 November

* Sun., Nov. 2, 1:00 a.m. EDST - Moon at apogee: 405,724 kilometers.

* Wed., Nov. 5, 11:03 p.m. EST - First Quarter Moon

* Thur., Nov. 13, 1:17 a.m. EST - Full Moon (Beaver Moon)

* Fri., Nov. 14, 5:00 a.m. EST - Moon at perigee: 358,971 kilometers - Large Tides expected.

* Wed., Nov. 19, 4:31 p.m. EST - Last Quarter Moon

* Thur., Nov. 27, 11:55 a.m. EST - New Moon: Lunation 1063

* Sat., Nov. 29, 12:00 Noon EST - Moon at apogee: 406,480 kilometers

Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)

Phases of Moon Defined -- New Moon *** First Quarter *** Full Moon *** Last (or "Third") Quarter

2008 December

* Fri., Dec. 5, 4:26 p.m. EST - First Quarter Moon

* Fri., Dec. 12, 11:37 a.m. EST - Full Moon: Cold Moon or Long-Nights Moon (largest in 2008)

* Fri., Dec. 12, 5:00 p.m. EST - Moon at perigee: 356,566 kilometers (Large Tides Expected).

* Fri., Dec. 19, 5:29 a.m. EST - Last Quarter Moon

* Fri., Dec. 26, 1:00 p.m. EST - Moon at apogee: 406,601 kilometers

* Sat., Dec. 27, 7:22 a.m. EST - New Moon: Lunation 1064

Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)

Phases of Moon Defined -- New Moon *** First Quarter *** Full Moon *** Last (or "Third") Quarter

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