Lunar Phases
| Full Moons for 2008 |
Full Moons for 2009 |
| January-22 |
January-09 |
| Names for the
January Moons include Chaste Moon, Cold
Moon, Disting Moon, Moon of Little Winter, Quiet
Moon, Snow Moon, Wolf Moon. |
| February-20/21 |
February-09 |
| Names for the
February Moons include Big Winter Moon,
Horning Moon, Hunger Moon, Ice Moon, Red Cleansing Moon,
Storm Moon, Sun Moon, Quickening Moon, Wild Moon. |
| March-21 |
March-11 |
| Names for the
March Moons include Crow Moon, Hertha's
Moon, Lenten Moon, Moon of the Snow-blind, Moon of
Winds, Plow Moon, Renewal Month, Sap Moon, Seed Moon,
Worm Moon |
| April-20 |
April-09 |
| Names for the
April Moons include Growing Moon, Hare
Moon, Seed or Planting Moon, Planter's Moon, Budding
Trees Moon, Eastermonath (Eostre Month), Ostarmanoth,
Pink Moon, Green Grass Moon. |
| May-20 |
May-09 |
| Names for the
May Moons include Hare Moon, Merry or
Dyad Moon, Bright Moon, Flower Moon, Frogs Return Moon,
Thrimilcmonath (Thrice-Milk Month), Sproutkale,
Winnemanoth (Joy Month), Planting Moon, Moon When the
Ponies Shed. |
| June-18 |
June-07 |
| Names for the
June Moons include Mead Moon, Moon of
Horses, Lovers' Moon, Strong Sun Moon, Honey Moon, Aerra
Litha (Before Lithia), Brachmanoth (Break Month),
Strawberry Moon, Rose Moon, Moon of Making Fat. |
| July-18 |
July-07 |
| Names for the
July Moons include Hay Moon, Wort Moon,
Moon of Claiming, Moon of Blood (because of mosquitoes),
Blessing Moon, Maedmonat (Meadow Month), Hewimanoth (Hay
Month), Fallow Moon, Buck Moon, Thunder Moon. |
| August-16 |
August-06 |
| Names for the
August Moons include Corn Moon, Barley
Moon, Dispute Moon, Weodmonath (Vegetation Month),
Harvest Moon, Moon When Cherries Turn Black. |
| September-15 |
September-04 |
| Names for the
September Moons include Harvest Moon,
Wine Moon, Singing Moon, Sturgeon Moon, Haligmonath
(Holy Month), Witumanoth (Wood Month), Moon When Deer
Paw the Earth. |
| October-14 |
October-04 |
| Names for the
October Moons include Blood Moon, Harvest
Moon, Shedding Moon, Winterfelleth (Winter Coming),
Windermanoth (Vintage Month), Falling Leaf Moon, Ten
Colds Moon, Moon of the Changing Season. |
| November-13 |
November-2 |
| Names for the
November Moons include Snow Moon, Dark
Moon, Fog Moon, Beaver Moon, Mourning Moon, Blotmonath
(Sacrifice Month), Herbistmanoth (Harvest Month), Mad
Moon, Moon of Storms, Moon When Deer Shed Antlers. |
| December-12 |
December-2
December-31 |
| Names for the
December Moons include Cold Moon, Oak
Moon, Wolf Moon, Moon of Long Nights, Long Night's Moon,
Aerra Geola (Month Before Yule), Wintermonat (Winter
Month), Heilagmanoth (Holy Month), Big Winter Moon, Moon
of Popping Trees. |
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For
more information on lunar cycles for different years, please refer to the following website. >Moonphases
Calendar<
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| Eclipses for 2008 |
Eclipses for 2009 |
| February-20/21 |
Total Lunar Eclipse |
February-09
|
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
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| August-01 |
Total Solar Eclipse |
July-07
|
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
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| August-16 |
Partial Lunar Eclipse |
July-22 |
Total Solar Eclipse |
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August-06 |
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
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December-31
|
Partial Lunar Eclipse
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| For
more information on exact times and viewing areas for these
eclipse please refer to the following website. >USNO Eclipse Portal<
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| Seasonal Changes for 2008 |
Seasonal Changes for 2009 |
| Spring Equinox |
March-20 @ 05:48UTC |
Spring Equinox |
March-20 @ 11:44UTC |
| Summer Solstice |
June 20 @ 23:59UTC |
Summer Solstice |
June 21 @ 05:45UTC |
| Autumnal Equinox |
September-22 @ 15:44UTC |
Autumnal Equinox |
September-22 @ 21:18UTC |
| Winter Solstice |
December-21@ 12:04UTC |
Winter Solstice |
December-21@ 17:57UTC |
| For more information on the
seasonal changes for different years, please refer to the following
website: >Wikipedia< |
Daylight Savings Time
"Today approximately 70 countries utilize Daylight Saving Time
in at least a portion of the country. The only major industrialized country not
to have introduced daylight saving is Japan.
While European nations have been taking
advantage of the time change for decades, in 1996 the European Union (EU)
standardized an EU-wide "summertime period." The EU version of
Daylight Saving Time runs from the last Sunday in March through the last Sunday
in October. During the summer, Russia's clocks are two hours ahead of standard
time. For example, Moscow standard time (UTC+3) is about a half-hour ahead of
local mean time (UTC+2:30); this is about the same situation as Detroit, whose
standard time (UTC-5) is also about a half-hour ahead of local mean time
(UTC-5:32). During the winter, all 11 of the Russian time zones remain an hour
ahead of standard time. With their high latitude, the two hours of Daylight
Saving Time really helps to save daylight. In the Southern Hemisphere where
summer comes in December, Daylight Saving Time is observed from October to
March.
Equatorial and tropical countries (lower
latitudes) generally do not observe Daylight Saving Time since the daylight
hours are similar during every season, so there is no advantage to moving clocks
forward during the summer. China has had a single time zone since May 1, 1980
observing summer DST from 1986 through 1991; they do not now." -- Source
For more information on Daylight Savings Time visit
this site: >Daylight
Saving Time<
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