Rise and set times of the sun and
moon for today via the USNO on-line computer.
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.
Make your own calendar
for rise and set times for sun and moon via the site: http://www.sunrisesunset.com
The moon: climate and landscape
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.
Solar and lunar eclipses
Total solar eclipse
2009, above China, India and Himalaya: 22
July
Visit around this date Spaceweather.com
for observing tips, maps and links to live webcasts.
Partial moon eclipse
2009: 31 December
Visit around this date Spaceweather.com
for observing tips, maps and links to live webcasts.
On old year's eve around half past seven universal time (UT) we
have a partially eclipse from about 8% for the umbra and 40% penumbra, visible all over
Europe, Africa and some parts of Asia. For The Netherlands (Amsterdam) is the moon then
standing in the East with an altitude of 35 degrees above the horizon. It's also a night
of a full blue moon.
A so called blue moon is the second full moon in the same month. Follow this web link for an animation. Photo left with an
orange blue moon from photographer Doug Zubenel of Kansas.
Annular Solar Eclipse
of 2010: Jan 15
Visit around this date Spaceweather.com
for observing tips, maps and links to live webcasts.
Partial moon eclipse
2010: 26 June
Visit around this date Spaceweather.com
for observing tips, maps and links to live webcasts.

Total moon eclipse 2010: 21
December
Visit around this date Spaceweather.com
for observing tips, maps and links to live webcasts.
Future lunar
eclipses | Future
solar eclipses
Interactive map of the
earth in sunlight or darkness.
The applet comes from the web site Brunch Boy Design.
See also: Sun, moon and earth
applet from Physics
and astronomy
Easter and whitsun.
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
Mother's
day is the second sunday in may and Father's
day in the United States and many other countries is the third sunday
in June.
Thanksgiving
is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada (CA) and on the fourth Thursday of
November in the United States (US).
Seasons, festive and memorial days.
| Name of the day |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
New year's day
3 Kings day
Martin Luther King
Valentine's day
Equinox
Good friday
Easter
Mother's day
Ascension day
Whitsuntide
Father's day
Solstice
Equinox
Animal day
Thanksgiving CA
Halloween
Thanksgiving US
Solstice
Christmas
Old year's day |
1 January
6 January
19 January
14 February
20 March
10 April
12-13 April
10 May
21 May
31 May- 1 June
21 June
21 June
22 September
4 October
12 October
31 October
26 November
21 December
25-26 December
31 December |
1 January
6 January
18 January
14 February
20 March
2 April
4-5 April
9 May
13 May
23-24 May
20 June
21 June
23 September
4 October
11 October
31 October
25 November
21 December
25-26 December
31 December |
1 January
6 January
17 January
14 February
20 March
22 April
24-25 April
8 May
2 June
12-13 June
19 June
21 June
23 September
4 October
10 October
31 October
24 November
22 December
25-26 December
31 December |
More about the origin of festive and memorial days!
For the calculation of the floating
festive days for other years, go to my web page about Counters,
Clocks and calendar.
The author of the LunarPhase moon applet
above is G. Nugent. Download now Nugent's
LunarPhase Java applet for a web page or the computer program LunarPhase from the web site
of the Dublin Nightsky Observer.
You can find there more software for download.
Download also the shareware version of the
computer program Distant Suns.