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Times for moonrise and moonset, phases and eclipses of the moon,
easter and whitsun, festive and memorial days.
The times are in Universal Time, except the local clock.
2008 Phases of the Moon
Universal Time
NEW MOON FIRST QUARTER FULL MOON LAST QUARTER d h m d h m d h m d h m JAN. 8 11 37 JAN. 15 19 46 JAN. 22 13 35 JAN. 30 5 03 FEB. 7 3 44 FEB. 14 3 33 FEB. 21 3 30 FEB. 29 2 18 MAR. 7 17 14 MAR. 14 10 46 MAR. 21 18 40 MAR. 29 21 47 APR. 6 3 55 APR. 12 18 32 APR. 20 10 25 APR. 28 14 12 MAY 5 12 18 MAY 12 3 47 MAY 20 2 11 MAY 28 2 57 JUNE 3 19 23 JUNE 10 15 04 JUNE 18 17 30 JUNE 26 12 10 JULY 3 2 19 JULY 10 4 35 JULY 18 7 59 JULY 25 18 42 AUG. 1 10 13 AUG. 8 20 20 AUG. 16 21 16 AUG. 23 23 50 AUG. 30 19 58 SEPT. 7 14 04 SEPT. 15 9 13 SEPT. 22 5 04 SEPT. 29 8 12 OCT. 7 9 04 OCT. 14 20 02 OCT. 21 11 55 OCT. 28 23 14 NOV. 6 4 03 NOV. 13 6 17 NOV. 19 21 31 NOV. 27 16 55 DEC. 5 21 26 DEC. 12 16 37 DEC. 19 10 29 DEC. 27 12 22d h m = day hour minute
Source moon data: USNO computer.
Phases of the moon for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 or 2008.
For the USNO complete sun and moon data for one day, click the logo.
Needed data:
longitude east 5 degrees, latitude north 52 degrees,
time zone 1 hour east of Greenwich, location Netherlands.
Time zone 2 hour east of Greenwich for summer time.
The new moon rises in the east with the sun, the first quarter moon rises around noon, the full moon rises at sunset, and the third quarter mon rises around midnight.
The new moon is standing at midday at her highest point in the south.
First quarter moon is standing in the afternoon at her highest point in the south.
Full moon is standing at midnight at her highest point in the south.
Last quarter moon is standing in the morning at her highest point in the south.
The new moon sets in west with the sun, the first quarter moon sets around midnight, the full moon sets at sundown, and the third quarter mon sets around noon.
Generally speaking the moon will be high in the sky when the sun is low (i.e. northern hemisphere winter) and vise versa.
On the moon air and water are missing. By daylight it is there constantly dry, sunny and very hot with maximum temperatures until 120 degrees Celsius. The night is cold and clear with minimum temperatures until 150 degrees Celsius beneath zero. On the moon we see many structures, such as plains, craters, mountains and valleys. A thick layer of moondust covers large parts of the surface. More about this.
In the evening of 20 February the full moon enters in the cast shadow of the earth (umbra) at 08:43 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST). The moon leaves the cast shadow at 12.09 am EST. The total eclipse has a duration of almost an hour from 10:01 pm to 10:51 pm EST, when the moon can become almost invisible.When there are much clouds on the other side of the earth, then it is possible that the moon colors dark red because of diffused and reflected light in the atmosphere.
EST = Universal Time + 5 hours (for winter-time).
The moon stands at the middle of the eclipse at 10:26 pm EST in the south about 60 degrees above the horizon of New York.
Webcam Gran Canaria with clear sky for observing eclipse 20-21 February 2008.
Visit around this date Spaceweather.com for observing tips, maps and links to live webcasts.
Easter begins always on the first sunday after the first full moon in the spring and whitsun on the sunday seven weeks later. Like in old times spring begins on 21 march. When it is full moon and sunday on 21 march, then easter begins on the next sunday 28 march.The rule just mentioned was made during the Council of Nicea in 325 AD to let the whole christian church celebrate easter on the same day. Good friday is the friday before easter and ascension day the thursday forty days after easter and ten days before whitsun.
For more about this, see the Internet
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