Lunar Phases

Full Moons for 2008	Full Moons for 2009
January-03	January-22
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-02
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-02, 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.
For more information on lunar cycles for different years, please refer to the following website. >Moonphases Calendar<

 

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Eclipses for 2007		Eclipses for 2008
March-03	Total Lunar Eclipse	Februar-07	Annual Lunar Eclipse
March-19	Partial Solar Eclipse	February-21	Total Lunar Eclipse
August-28	Total Lunar Eclipse	August-01	Total Solar Eclipse
September-11	Partial Solar Eclipse	August-16	Partial Lunar Eclipse
For more information on exact times and viewing areas for these eclipse please refer to the following website. >Eclipse Home Page<

 

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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: >Earth Seasons<

 

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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. (The clock at above right is viewed from within the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.)

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<