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* Sun., Jan. 4, 11:53 p.m. EST / Jan. 5, 4:53 UTC - Moon Phase: Full Moon (Wolf Moon).
* Fri., Jan. 9, 1:17 p.m. EST / 17:17 UTC - Moon at apogee: 405,411 kilometers.
* Tue., Jan. 13, 4:47 a.m. EST / 9:47 UTC - Moon Phase: Last Quarter.
* Tue., Jan. 20, 8:14 a.m. EST / 13:14 UTC - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation # 1139.
* Wed., Jan. 21, 3:06 p.m. EST / 20:06 UTC - Moon at perigee: 359,600 kilometers.
* Mon., Jan. 26, 11:48 p.m. EST / Jan. 27, 4:48 UTC - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Fri., Feb. 6, 1:00 a.m. EST / 6:00 UTC - Moon at apogee: 406,150 kilometers.
* Wed., Feb. 11, 10:50 p.m. EST / Feb. 12, 3:50 UTC - Moon Phase: Last Quarter.
* Wed., Feb. 18, 6:47 p.m. EST / 23:47 UTC - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation # 1140.
Large Tides predicted, due to close proximity to Feb. 19 lunar perigee (for 2015, second-closest New or Full Moon to Earth).
Also a so-called
"Black Moon", due to being third New Moon in a calendar season with four New Moons.
* Thur., Feb. 19, 2:00 a.m. EST / 7:00 UTC - Moon at perigee: 356,994 kilometers.
Large Tides predicted..
* Wed., Feb. 25, 12:14 p.m. EST / 17:14 UTC - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Thur., March 5, 1:05 p.m. EST / 18:05 UTC - Moon Phase: Full Moon (Worm Moon).
Smallest Full Moon in 2015, due to lunar apogee 10 hours earlier.
* Fri., March 13, 1:48 p.m. EDT / 17:48 UTC - Moon Phase: Last Quarter.
* Thur., March 19, 4:00 p.m. EDT / 20:00 UTC - Moon at perigee: 357,584 kilometers.
Large tides predicted, due to New Moon / Total Eclipse of the Moon 13.5 hours later.
* Fri., March 20, 5:36 a.m. EDT / 9:36 UTC - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation # 1141.
Due to lunar perigee 13.5 hours earlier, this New Moon is considered, by some, a "Super Moon," as large tides are predicted.
* Fri., March 20, 5:45:39.1 a.m. EDT / 9:45:39.1 UTC - Time of greatest eclipse for
Total Eclipse of the Sun / Total Solar Eclipse in the North Atlantic Ocean. Partial Eclipse of the Sun / Partial Solar Eclipse visible in Europe, North Africa, and western Asia.
SAFE WAY TO VIEW SOLAR ECLIPSE OR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
* Fri., March 27, 3:43 a.m. EDT / 7:43 UTC - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Sat., April 4, 8:06 a.m. EDT / 12:06 UTC - Moon Phase: Full Moon (Pink Moon).
* Sat., April 4, 8:00:15.5 a.m. EDT / 12:00:15.5 UTC - Time of greatest eclipse for the
Total Eclipse of the Moon / Total Lunar Eclipse
(more details), visible in eastern Australia, eastern Siberia, Pacific Islands, most of Japan, and most of Alaska. Partial eclipse visible in much of Western North America and much of eastern Asia.
Also see:
U.S. to See 4 Total Lunar Eclipses in Year & A-Half.
SPECIAL NOTE: A Lunar Eclipse or Eclipse of the Moon is the type of eclipse that is safe to look at with the naked-eye, binoculars, or a telescope.
* Sat., April 11, 11:44 p.m. EDT / April 12, 3:44 UTC - Moon Phase: Last Quarter.
* April 13 to 18 - International Dark-Sky Week (Week of the New Moon in April).
* Fri., April 17, 12:00 Midnight EDT / 4:00 UTC - Moon at perigee: 361,023 kilometers.
* Sat., April 18, 2:57 p.m. EDT / 18:57 UTC - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation # 1142.
* Sat., April 25, 7:55 p.m. EDT / 23:55 UTC - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Wed., April 29, 12:00 Midnight EDT / 4:00 UTC - Moon at apogee: 405,083 kilometers.
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Mon., May 11, 6:36 a.m. EDT / 10:36 UTC - Moon Phase: Last Quarter.
* Thur., May 14, 8:00 p.m. EDT / May 15, 0:00 UTC - Moon at perigee: 366,024 kilometers.
* Mon., May 18, 12:13 a.m. EDT / 4:13 UTC - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation # 1143.
* Mon., May 25, 1:19 p.m. EDT / 17:19 UTC - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Tue., May 26, 6:00 p.m. EDT / 22:00 UTC - Moon at apogee: 404,244 kilometers.
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Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Tue., June 9, 11:42 a.m. EDT / 15:42 UTC - Moon Phase: Last Quarter.
* Wed., June 10, 1:00 a.m. EDT / 5:00 UTC - Moon at perigee: 369,711 kilometers.
* Tue., June 16, 10:05 a.m. EDT / 14:05 UTC - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation # 1144.
* June 17, local sunset to July 17, local sunset - In Islam, the month of Ramadan, calculated by using the Islamic lunar calendar, begins at astronomical New Moon (Local Sunset for Pittsburgh - June 17: 8:53 p.m. EDT / June 18, 0:53 UTC; July 17: 8:48 p.m. EDT / 0:48 UTC).
* Tue., June 23, 1:00 p.m. EDT / 17:00 UTC - Moon at apogee: 404,132 kilometers.
* Wed., June 24, 7:03 a.m. EDT / 11:03 UTC - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Sun., July 5, 3:00 p.m. EDT / 19:00 UTC - Moon at perigee: 367,093 kilometers.
* Wed., July 8, 4:24 p.m. EDT / 20:24 UTC - Moon Phase: Last Quarter.
* Wed., July 15, 9:24 p.m. EDT / July 16, 1:24 UTC - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation # 1145.
* Tue., July 21, 7:00 a.m. EDT / 11:00 UTC - Moon at apogee: 404,835 kilometers.
* Fri., July 24, 12:04 a.m. EDT / 4:04 UTC - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Fri., July 31, 6:43 a.m. EDT / 10:43 UTC - Moon Phase: Full Moon.
Blue Moon by definition of second Full Moon in a calendar month.
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Thur., Aug. 6, 10:03 p.m. EDT / Aug. 7, 2:03 UTC - Moon Phase: Last Quarter.
* Fri., Aug. 14, 10:53 a.m. EDT / 14:53 UTC - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation # 1146.
* Mon., Aug. 17, 11:00 p.m. EDT / Aug. 18, 3:00 UTC - Moon at apogee: 405,848 kilometers.
* Sat., Aug. 22, 3:31 p.m. EDT / 19:31 UTC - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Sat., Aug.29, 2:35 p.m. EDT / 18:35 UTC - Moon Phase: Full Moon - Sturgeon Moon.
* Sun., Aug. 30, 11:00 a.m. EDT / 15:00 UTC - Moon at perigee: 358,290 kilometers.
Large tides predicted along ocean coastlines.
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Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Sun., Sept. 13, 2:41 a.m. EDT / 6:41 UTC - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation # 1147.
* Sun., Sept. 13, 2:54:11.6 a.m. EDT / 6:54:11.6 UTC - Time of greatest eclipse during
Partial Eclipse of the Sun, visible in southern Africa, the Indian Ocean, and Antarctica.
* Sept. 13, Sunset to Sept. 15, Sunset -
Rosh Hashanah
Days in the Hebrew calendar begin at sunset. Although the Jewish calendar is based on the
Lunar Cycle, so that the first day of each month originally began with the first sighting of a New Moon, since the Fourth Century it has been arranged so that Rosh Hashanah never falls on a Sunday, Wednesday, or Friday (although, by the Gregorian Calendar, it may look like the holiday begins on a Sunday, Wednesday, or Friday, by the Hebrew Calendar the next day actually begins at sunset).
* Mon., Sept. 14, 7:00 a.m. EDT / 11:00 UTC - Moon at apogee: 406,464 kilometers.
* Mon., Sept. 21, 4:59 a.m. EDT / 8:59 UTC - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Sun., Sept. 27, Evening - Mid-Autumn Festival / Moon Festival - A popular harvest festival celebrated by Chinese and Vietnamese people, dating back over 3,000 years to Moon worship in China's Shang Dynasty. It is celebrated on the date close to the Autumnal Equinox of the Solar Calendar, as well as close to the Harvest Moon (Within 15 days of the Autumnal Equinox, on the night of the full moon between early September to early October).
* Sun., Sept. 27, 9:07:12 p.m. to Sept. 28, 12:27:06 a.m. EDT / Sept. 28, 1:07:12 to 4:27:06 UTC - Total Eclipse of the Moon (also see NASA eclipse page) visible in the Western Hemisphere, Europe, Africa, Middle East, western Russia, extreme western Asia. This is the fourth and last Total Lunar Eclipse in a Tetrad of such eclipses. Some Christian ministers have proposed that this particular Tetrad may fulfill a "Blood Moon" Prophecy of the end of times, while others including Mike Moore, the then-General Secretary of Christian Witness to Israel (in January of 2014), discount such a prophecy.
* Sun., Sept. 27, 10:00 p.m. EDT / Sept. 28, 2:00 UTC - Moon at perigee: 356,877 kilometers.
Very large tides predicted along ocean coastlines.
* Sun., Sept. 27, 10:51 p.m. EDT / Sept. 28, 2:51 UTC - Moon Phase: Full Moon -
Harvest Moon.
Largest, and closest to the Earth, Full Moon of 2015.
Some people consider the September Full Moon a so-called
"Super Moon."
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Sun., Oct. 11, 9:00 a.m. EDT / 13:00 UTC - Moon at apogee: 406,388 kilometers.
* Mon., Oct. 12, 8:06 p.m. EDT / Oct. 13, 0:06 UTC - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation # 1148.
* Tue., Oct. 20, 4:31 p.m. EDT / 20:31 UTC - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Mon., Oct. 26, 9:00 a.m. EDT / 13:00 UTC - Moon at perigee: 358,464 kilometers.
Large tides predicted along ocean coastlines.
* Tue., Oct. 27, 8:05 a.m. EDT / 12:05 UTC - Moon Phase: Full Moon - Hunter's Moon.
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Sat., Nov. 7, 5:00 p.m. EST / 22:00 UTC - Moon at apogee: 405,721 kilometers.
* Wed., Nov. 11, 12:47 p.m. EST / 17:47 UTC - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation # 1149.
* Thur., Nov. 19, 1:27 a.m. EST / 6:27 UTC - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Mon., Nov. 23, 3:00 p.m. EST / 20:00 UTC - Moon at perigee: 362,817 kilometers.
* Wed., Nov. 25, 5:44 p.m. EST / 22:44 UTC - Moon Phase: Full Moon ( Beaver Moon).
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Sat., Dec. 5, 10:00 a.m. EST / 15:00 UTC - Moon at apogee: 404,800 kilometers.
* Fri., Dec. 11, 5:29 a.m. EST / 10:29 UTC - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation # 1150.
* Fri., Dec. 18, 10:14 a.m. EST / 15:14 UTC - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Mon., Dec. 21, 4:00 a.m. EST / 9:00 UTC - Moon at perigee: 368,417 kilometers.
* Fri., Dec. 25, 6:11 a.m. EST / 11:11 UTC - Moon Phase: Full Moon (Cold Moon or Long-Nights Moon).
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
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