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Phases of Moon Defined -- New Moon *** First Quarter *** Full Moon *** Last (or "Third") Quarter
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* .Fri, Jan. 4, 10:58 p.m. EST - Moon Phase: Last Quarter.
* Thur., Jan. 10, 5:00 a.m. EST - Moon at perigee: 360,048 kilometers.
* .Fri, Jan. 11, 2:44 p.m. EST - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation 1114.
* .Fri, Jan. 18, 6:45 p.m. EST - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Tue., Jan. 22, 6:00 a.m. EST - Moon at apogee: 405,310 kilometers.
* Sat., Jan. 26, 11:38 p.m. EST - Moon Phase: Full Moon (Wolf Moon).
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Thur., Feb. 7, 7:00 a.m. EST - Moon at perigee: 365,318 kilometers.
* Sun., Feb. 10, 2:20 a.m. EST - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation 1115.
* Sun., Feb. 17, 3:31 p.m. EST - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Tue., Feb. 19, 1:00 a.m. EST - Moon at apogee: 404,472 kilometers.
* Mon., Feb. 25, 3:26 p.m. EST - Moon Phase: Full Moon (Snow Moon).
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Tue., March 5, 6:00 p.m. EST - Moon at perigee: 369,957 kilometers.
* Mon., March 11, 3:51 p.m. EDT - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation 1116.
* Mon., March 18, 11:00 p.m. EDT - Moon at apogee: 404,261 kilometers.
* Mon., March 19, 1:27 p.m. EDT - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Wed., March 27, 5:27 a.m. EDT - Moon Phase: Full Moon (Worm Moon).
* Sun., March 31, 12:00 Midnight EDT - Moon at perigee: 367,504 kilometers.
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Wed., April 10, 5:35 a.m. EDT - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation 1117.
* Mon., April 15, 6:00 p.m. EDT - Moon at apogee: 404,862 kilometers.
* Thur., April 18, 8:31 a.m. EDT - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Thur., April 25, 3:57 p.m. EDT - Moon Phase: Full Moon (Pink Moon).
* Thur., April 25, 4:07:30 p.m. EDT - Time of greatest eclipse for the
Partial Eclipse of the Moon / Lunar Eclipse, visible in most of the Eastern Hemisphere of Earth, with a portion of the eclipse visible in the eastern section of South America, eastern half of the Atlantic Ocean and the extreme western portion of the Pacific Ocean.
This Eclipse of the Moon or Lunar Eclipse is safe to view with the naked-eye, binoculars, or a telescope.
* Sat., April 27, 4:00 p.m. EDT - Moon at perigee: 362,268 kilometers.
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
** May 9 - 10 -
Solar Eclipse
(
Annular and Partial Eclipses) visible in Australia and the Pacific Ocean ---
* Thur., May 9, 8:26:19.9 p.m. EDT - Time of greatest eclipse for the
Annular Eclipse of the Sun (similar to a total solar eclipse, except solar disk is not completely covered by the Moon). This Annular Eclipse of the Sun will be visible in a narrow path from Australia through the eastern section of Papua New Guinea, Solomon and Gilbert Islands, and the central part of the South Pacific Ocean. A partial eclipse of the Sun could be observed over a broader section of the South Pacific Ocean.
SAFE WAY TO VIEW A SOLAR ECLIPSE OR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN..
* Thur., May 9, 8:28 p.m. EDT - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation 1118.
* Mon., May 13, 10:00 a.m. EDT - Moon at apogee: 405,825 kilometers.
* Sat., May 18, 12:34 a.m. EDT - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Sat., May 25, 12:10:00 a.m. EDT - Time of greatest eclipse for the Penumbral Eclipse of the Moon, visible from most of the Americas and western Africa. This Lunar Eclipse or Eclipse of the Moon is safe to view with the naked-eyes, binoculars, or a telescope. However, this particular Penumbral Lunar Eclipse will be so faint to be practically undetectable, without professional observing equipment !
* Sat., May 25, 12:25 a.m. EDT - Moon Phase: Full Moon (Flower Moon).
* Sat., May 25, 10:00 p.m. EDT - Moon at perigee: 358,377 kilometers.
Large tides predicted.
* Fri., May 31, 2:58 p.m. EDT - Moon Phase: Last Quarter
. Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Sun., June 9, 6:00 p.m. EDT - Moon at apogee: 406,486 kilometers.
* Sun., June 16, 1:24 p.m. EDT - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Sun., June 23, 7:00 a.m. EDT - Moon at perigee: 356,991 kilometers.
Large tides predicted.
* Sun., June 23, 7:32 a.m. EDT - Moon Phase - Full Moon:
Strawberry Moon.
Largest Full Moon in 2013.
* Sun., June 30, 12:53 a.m. EDT - Moon Phase: Last Quarter.
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Mon., July 8, 3:14 a.m. EDT - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation 1120.
* Mon., July 15, 11:18 p.m. EDT - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Sat., July 20 (1969) - 10:56:20 p.m. EDT - "Moon Day" -
The anniversary of the moment the first human (Neil Armstrong) set foot on the Earth's Moon, during the NASA mission of Apollo 11 (July 20).
Special Note: Neil Armstrong was originally scheduled to first step on the Moon during the early morning hours of Monday ("Moonday"), July 21. Although this historic moment actually occurred earlier than scheduled, during the July 20 television prime-time in America, it actually did occur on "Moonday," July 21 at 2:56:20 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the time-scale used by scientists.
Also see:
personal remembrance of Apollo 11 mission.
* Sun., July 21, 4:00 p.m. EDT - Moon at perigee: 358,400 kilometers.
Large tides predicted.
* Mon., July 22, 2:16 p.m. EDT - Moon Phase: Full Moon (Buck Moon).
* Mon., July 29, 1:43 p.m. EDT - Moon Phase: Last Quarter.
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Tue., Aug. 6, 5:51 p.m. EDT - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation 1121.
* Wed., Aug. 14, 6:56 a.m. EDT - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Sun., Aug. 18, 9:00 p.m. EDT - Moon at perigee: 362,264 kilometers.
* Tue., Aug. 20, 9:45 p.m. EDT - Moon Phase: Full Moon - Sturgeon Moon.
* Wed., Aug. 28, 5:35 a.m. EDT - Moon Phase: Last Quarter.
* Fri., Aug. 30, 8:00 p.m. EDT - Moon at apogee: 404,881 kilometers.
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Thur., Sept. 12, 1:08 p.m. EDT - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Sun., Sept. 15, 1:00 p.m. EDT - Moon at perigee: 367,391 kilometers.
* Thur., Sept. 19 - 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 Full Moon Phase.
* Thur., Sept. 19, 7:13 a.m. EDT - Moon Phase: Full Moon - Harvest Moon.
* Thur., Sept. 26, 11:55 p.m. EDT - Moon Phase: Last Quarter.
* Fri., Sept. 27, 2:00 p.m. EDT - Moon at apogee: 404,308 kilometers.
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Thur., Oct. 10, 7:00 p.m. EDT - Moon at perigee: 369,813 kilometers.
* Fri., Oct. 11, 7:02 p.m. EDT - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Fri., Oct. 18, 7:38 p.m. EDT - Moon Phase: Full Moon - Hunter's Moon.
* Fri., Oct. 18, 7:50:16.9 p.m. EDT - Time of greatest eclipse during
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, visible in most of the world, except Australia, Japan, Pacific Ocean islands, a large portion of Alaska, most of Siberia, and a small portion of northeastern China.
More info.
* Fri., Oct. 25, 10:00 a.m. EDT - Moon at apogee: 404,557 kilometers.
* Sat., Oct. 26, 7:40 p.m. EDT - Moon Phase: Last Quarter.
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Sun., Nov. 3, 2:00 a.m. Prevailing Time (Daylight Saving Time) -
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS - Change in Federal law thus that return to
Standard Time occurs
2:00 a.m. Daylight Saving Time (which becomes 1:00 a.m. Standard Time) (First Sunday in November, 2:00 a.m. Prevailing Time).
Science of Daylight Saving Time.
* Sun., Nov. 3, 7:46:28.3 a.m. EST - Time of greatest eclipse for the
Hybrid Eclipse of the Sun / Hybrid Solar Eclipse visible in a path roughly from the center of the North Atlantic Ocean to the equator and running generally along the equator through the vast majority of Africa.
Pittsburgh: Slight Partial Solar Eclipse, with a maximum obscuration of the Sun by the Moon of ~ 5 percent at ~ 7:00 a.m. EST. This will be difficult to view, as the Sun rises at 6:52 a.m. EST.
NEVER LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN OR A SOLAR ECLIPSE WITH A TELESCOPE, BINOCULARS, OR ANY OPTICAL AID--IT COULD LEAD TO IMMEDIATE BLINDNESS. VIEWING THE SUN OR A SOLAR ECLIPSE WITH THE NAKED-EYE COULD ALSO CAUSE EYE DAMAGE.
SAFE WAY TO VIEW SOLAR ECLIPSE OR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
* Sun., Nov. 3, 7:50.a.m. EST - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation 1124.
* Sun., Nov. 3, Sunset (Sunset in Pittsburgh: 5:14 p.m. EST) - Islamic New Year ( Muharram): Based on lunar calendar, but the New Moon must be observable ( astronomical considerations).
* Wed., Nov. 6, 4:00 a.m. EST - Moon at perigee: 365,361 kilometers.
* Sun., Nov. 10, 12:57 a.m. EST - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Sun., Nov. 17, 10:16 a.m. EST - Moon Phase: Full Moon (Beaver Moon).
* Fri., Nov. 22, 5:00 a.m. EST - Moon at apogee: 405,443 kilometers.
* Mon., Nov. 25, 2:28 p.m. EST - Moon Phase: Last Quarter.
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
* Wed., Dec. 4, 5:00 a.m. EST - Moon at perigee: 360,067 kilometers.
Large tides predicted.
* Mon., Dec. 9, 10:12 a.m. EST - Moon Phase: First Quarter.
* Tue., Dec. 17, 4:28 a.m. EST - Moon Phase: Full Moon (Cold Moon or Long-Nights Moon).
Smallest Full Moon in 2013.
* Thur., Dec. 19, 7:00 p.m. EST - Moon at apogee: 406,269 kilometers.
* Wed., Dec. 25, 8:48 a.m. EST - Moon Phase: Last Quarter.
Current Phase *** Phases Next 27.322 Days (Orbital Period)
Full Moon Names and Their Meanings, as Defined by Native Americans
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