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Phases of Moon Defined -- New Moon *** First Quarter *** Full Moon *** Last (or "Third") Quarter
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
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* Jan. 11, 7:45 a.m. EST - Last Quarter Moon
* Jan. 18, 11:01 p.m. EST - New Moon
* Jan. 25, 6:01 p.m. EST - First Quarter Moon
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
* Feb. 10, 4:51 a.m. EST - Last Quarter Moon
* Feb. 17, 11:14 a.m. EST - New Moon
* Feb. 24, 2:56 a.m. EST - First Quarter Moon
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
* March 3, 6:17 p.m. EST - Full Moon (Worm Moon)
* March 11, 11:54 p.m. EDST - Last Quarter Moon
*** March 18, 8:38:26 p.m. EDST - Partial Eclipse of the Sun; visible in eastern Asia and parts of northern Alaska
* March 18, 10:43 p.m. EDST - New Moon
* March 25, 2:16 p.m. EDST - First Quarter Moon
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
* April 10, 2:04 p.m. EDST - Last Quarter Moon
** April 17, 2:00 a.m. EDST - Moon at perigee (357,136 km) Large Tides Expected
* April 17, 7:36 a.m. EDST - New Moon
* April 24, 2:36 a.m. EDST - First Quarter Moon
** April 30, 7:00 a.m. EDST - Moon at apogee (406,209 km)
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
* May 10, 12:27 a.m. EDST - Last Quarter Moon
** May 15, 11:00 a.m. EDST - Moon at perigee (359,390 km)
* May 16, 3:27 p.m. EDST - New Moon
* May 23, 5:03 p.m. EDST - First Quarter Moon
** May 27, 5:00 p.m. EDST - Moon at apogee (405,460 km)
* May 31, 9:04 p.m. EDST - Full Moon (Flower Moon); ALSO: Calendar "Blue Moon" using North American time zones.
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
* June 8, 7:43 a.m. EDST - Last Quarter Moon
* June 12, 1:00 p.m. EDST - Moon at perigee (363,779 km)
* June 14, 11:13 p.m. EDST - New Moon
* June 22, 9:15 a.m. EDST - First Quarter Moon
* June 24, 10:00 a.m. EDST - Moon at apogee (404,540 km)
* June 30, 9:49 a.m. EDST - Full Moon (Strawberry Moon); ALSO: Calendar "Blue Moon" using Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and Eastern Hemisphere time zones.
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
* July 9, 6:00 p.m. EDST - Moon at perigee (368,528 kilometers)
* July 14, 8:04 a.m. EDST - New Moon
* July 20, 10:56:20 p.m. EDST - 38th anniversary of the first person, Neil Armstrong, to step on the Moon (1969)
* July 22, 2:29 a.m. EDST - First Quarter Moon
* July 22, 5:00 a.m. EDST - Moon at apogee (404,150 kilometers)
* July 29, 8:48 p.m. EDST - Full Moon (Buck Moon)
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
* Aug. 5, 5:20 p.m. EDST - Last Quarter Moon
* Aug. 12, 7:02 p.m. EDST - New Moon
* Aug. 18, 11:00 p.m. EDST - Moon at apogee (404,618 km)
* Aug. 20, 7:54 p.m. EDST - First Quarter Moon
* Aug. 28, 6:35 a.m. EDST - Full Moon (Sturgeon Moon) and TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE or ECLIPSE OF THE MOON (part of eclipse visible in early morning in North America, prior to Moon set; Moon sets in Pittsburgh at 6:47 a.m. EDST). SPECIAL NOTE: ALL lunar eclipses or eclipses of the Moon are PERFECTLY SAFE to view with the naked-eye, binoculars, or a telescope; solar eclipses or eclipses of the Sun should NOT be viewed directly or with binoculars or a telescope, as SEVERE eye damage could occur-- SAFE WAY TO VIEW SOLAR ECLIPSE.
* Aug. 30, 8:00 p.m. EDST - Moon at perigee (364,171 km)
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
* Sept. 11, 8:44 a.m. EDST - New Moon; Partial Eclipse of the Sun: observable in South America except northern portion of continent, South Atlantic Ocean, small part of Antarctica just south of South America and South Atlantic Ocean. Eclipses of the Sun should NOT be viewed directly or with binoculars or a telescope, as SEVERE eye damage could occur-- SAFE WAY TO VIEW SOLAR ECLIPSE.
* Sept. 12 - Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset (Pittsburgh: 7:35 p.m. EDST)
* Sept. 13 - Muslim month (of fasting) of Ramadan begins (based on predicted sighting of the New Moon)
* Sept. 15, 5:00 p.m. EDST - Moon at apogee (405,642 km)
* Sept. 19, 12:48 p.m. EDST - First Quarter Moon
* Sept. 26, 3:45 p.m. EDST - Full Moon (Harvest Moon)
* Sept. 27, 10:00 p.m. EDST - Moon at perigee (359,419 km)
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
* Oct. 11, 1:01 a.m. EDST - New Moon
* Oct. 13, 6:00 a.m. EDST - Moon at apogee (406,492 km)
* Oct. 19, 4:33 a.m. EDST - First Quarter Moon
* Oct. 26, 12:52 a.m. EDST - Full Moon (Hunter's Moon) - LARGEST IN 2007 !
* Oct. 26, 8:00 a.m. EDST - Moon at perigee (356,753 km) - LARGE TIDES !
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
* Nov. 9, 8:00 a.m. EST - Moon at apogee (406,671 km)
* Nov. 9, 6:03 p.m. EST - New Moon
* Nov. 17, 10:32 p.m. EST - First Quarter Moon
* Nov. 23, 7:00 p.m. EST - Moon at perigee (357,194 km) - LARGE TIDES PREDICTED ON OCEAN COASTS.
* Nov. 24, 9:30 a.m. EST - Full Moon (Beaver Moon)
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
* Dec. 6, 12:00 Noon EST - Moon at apogee (406,235 km)
* Dec. 9, 12:40 p.m. EST - New Moon
* Dec. 17, 5:17 a.m. EST - First Quarter Moon
* Dec. 22, 5:00 a.m. EST - Moon at perigee (360,815 km)
* Dec. 23, 8:16 p.m. EST - Full Moon (Cold Moon or Long-Nights Moon)
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
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