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Certain rituals are
best performed in particular phases of the moon. Spells for prosperity,
good harvests, material gain and the like are best performed when the
moon is waxing, that is before the full moon and after the new moon. Spells
intended to rid oneself of something, say excess weight or a bad habit,
are best performed when the moon is waning, after the full moon and before
the new moon. It is entirely possible to alter this timing, it is just
one additional influence, it does not make or break the ritual. If in
need, conduct the ritual when you need to and don't concern yourself overly
with the moon phase.
Tonights Moon Phase
| Waning |
Full |
Waxing |
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moon phase graphic is provided by moontribe.org. |
Explaination of Moon Phases
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New Moon - The Moon's
unilluminated side is facing the Earth. The Moon is not visible (except
during a solar eclipse). |
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Waxing Crescent -
The Moon appears to be partly but less than one-half illuminated by
direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated
is increasing. |
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First Quarter - One-half
of the Moon appears to be illuminated by direct sunlight. The fraction
of the Moon's disk that is illuminated is increasing. |
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Waxing Gibbous - The
Moon appears to be more than one-half but not fully illuminated by
direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated
is increasing. |
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Full Moon - The Moon's
illuminated side is facing the Earth. The Moon appears to be completely
illuminated by direct sunlight. |
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Waning Gibbous - The
Moon appears to be more than one-half but not fully illuminated by
direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated
is decreasing. |
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Last Quarter - One-half
of the Moon appears to be illuminated by direct sunlight. The fraction
of the Moon's disk that is illuminated is decreasing. |
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Waning Crescent -
The Moon appears to be partly but less than one-half illuminated by
direct sunlight. The fraction of the Moon's disk that is illuminated
is decreasing. |
Future Phases of the Moon
The following information
is from the U.S. Naval Observatory. It provides the date and time
of all the phases of the moon for the years 2000-2004 in Greenwich
Mean Time, also known as Universal Time, Coordinated.To obtain U.S.
civil time from UTC, use the following table.
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Atlantic Daylight Time |
subtract 3 hours from UTC |
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Atlantic Standard Time |
subtract 4 hours from UTC |
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Eastern Daylight Time |
subtract 4 hours from UTC |
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Eastern Standard Time |
subtract 5 hours from UTC |
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Central Daylight Time |
subtract 5 hours from UTC |
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Central Standard Time |
subtract 6 hours from UTC |
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Mountain Daylight Time |
subtract 6 hours from UTC |
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Mountain Standard Time |
subtract 7 hours from UTC |
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Pacific Daylight Time |
subtract 7 hours from UTC |
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Pacific Standard Time |
subtract 8 hours from UTC |
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Alaska Daylight Time |
subtract 8 hours from UTC |
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Alaska Standard Time |
subtract 9 hours from UTC |
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Hawaii-Aleutian Daylight
Time � |
subtract 9 hours from UTC |
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Hawaii-Aleutian Standard
Time � |
subtract 10 hours from
UTC |
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Samoa Standard Time |
subtract 11 hours from
UTC |
2000 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. 6 18 14 JAN. 14 13 34 JAN. 21 04 40 JAN. 28 07 57
FEB. 5 13 03 FEB. 12 23 21 FEB. 19 16 27 FEB. 27 03 53
MAR. 6 05 17 MAR. 13 06 59 MAR. 20 04 44 MAR. 28 00 21
APR. 4 18 12 APR. 11 13 30 APR. 18 17 41 APR. 26 19 30
MAY 4 04 12 MAY 10 20 00 MAY 18 07 34 MAY 26 11 55
JUNE 2 12 14 JUNE 9 03 29 JUNE 16 22 27 JUNE 25 01 00
JULY 1 19 20 JULY 8 12 53 JULY 16 13 55 JULY 24 11 02
JULY 31 02 25 AUG. 7 01 02 AUG. 15 05 13 AUG. 22 18 51
AUG. 29 10 19 SEPT. 5 16 27 SEPT. 13 19 37 SEPT. 21 01 28
SEPT. 27 19 53 OCT. 5 10 59 OCT. 13 08 53 OCT. 20 07 59
OCT. 27 07 58 NOV. 4 07 27 NOV. 11 21 15 NOV. 18 15 24
NOV. 25 23 11 DEC. 4 03 55 DEC. 11 09 03 DEC. 18 00 41
DEC. 25 17 22
2001 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. 2 22 31 JAN. 9 20 24 JAN. 16 12 35
JAN. 24 13 07 FEB. 1 14 02 FEB. 8 7 12 FEB. 15 3 23
FEB. 23 8 21 MAR. 3 2 03 MAR. 9 17 23 MAR. 16 20 45
MAR. 25 1 21 APR. 1 10 49 APR. 8 3 22 APR. 15 15 31
APR. 23 15 26 APR. 30 17 08 MAY 7 13 53 MAY 15 10 11
MAY 23 2 46 MAY 29 22 09 JUNE 6 1 39 JUNE 14 3 28
JUNE 21 11 58 JUNE 28 3 20 JULY 5 15 04 JULY 13 18 45
JULY 20 19 44 JULY 27 10 08 AUG. 4 5 56 AUG. 12 7 53
AUG. 19 2 55 AUG. 25 19 55 SEPT. 2 21 43 SEPT. 10 18 59
SEPT. 17 10 27 SEPT. 24 9 31 OCT. 2 13 49 OCT. 10 4 20
OCT. 16 19 23 OCT. 24 2 58 NOV. 1 5 41 NOV. 8 12 21
NOV. 15 6 40 NOV. 22 23 21 NOV. 30 20 49 DEC. 7 19 52
DEC. 14 20 47 DEC. 22 20 56 DEC. 30 10 40
2002 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. 6 3 55
JAN. 13 13 29 JAN. 21 17 46 JAN. 28 22 50 FEB. 4 13 33
FEB. 12 7 41 FEB. 20 12 02 FEB. 27 9 17 MAR. 6 1 24
MAR. 14 2 02 MAR. 22 2 28 MAR. 28 18 25 APR. 4 15 29
APR. 12 19 21 APR. 20 12 48 APR. 27 3 00 MAY 4 7 16
MAY 12 10 45 MAY 19 19 42 MAY 26 11 51 JUNE 3 0 05
JUNE 10 23 46 JUNE 18 0 29 JUNE 24 21 42 JULY 2 17 19
JULY 10 10 26 JULY 17 4 47 JULY 24 9 07 AUG. 1 10 22
AUG. 8 19 15 AUG. 15 10 12 AUG. 22 22 29 AUG. 31 2 31
SEPT. 7 3 10 SEPT. 13 18 08 SEPT. 21 13 59 SEPT. 29 17 03
OCT. 6 11 17 OCT. 13 5 33 OCT. 21 7 20 OCT. 29 5 28
NOV. 4 20 34 NOV. 11 20 52 NOV. 20 1 34 NOV. 27 15 46
DEC. 4 7 34 DEC. 11 15 48 DEC. 19 19 10 DEC. 27 0 31
2003 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. 2 20 23 JAN. 10 13 15 JAN. 18 10 48 JAN. 25 8 33
FEB. 1 10 48 FEB. 9 11 11 FEB. 16 23 51 FEB. 23 16 46
MAR. 3 2 35 MAR. 11 7 15 MAR. 18 10 34 MAR. 25 1 51
APR. 1 19 19 APR. 9 23 40 APR. 16 19 36 APR. 23 12 18
MAY 1 12 15 MAY 9 11 53 MAY 16 3 36 MAY 23 0 31
MAY 31 4 20 JUNE 7 20 28 JUNE 14 11 16 JUNE 21 14 45
JUNE 29 18 39 JULY 7 2 32 JULY 13 19 21 JULY 21 7 01
JULY 29 6 53 AUG. 5 7 28 AUG. 12 4 48 AUG. 20 0 48
AUG. 27 17 26 SEPT. 3 12 34 SEPT. 10 16 36 SEPT. 18 19 03
SEPT. 26 3 09 OCT. 2 19 09 OCT. 10 7 27 OCT. 18 12 31
OCT. 25 12 50 NOV. 1 4 24 NOV. 9 1 13 NOV. 17 4 15
NOV. 23 22 59 NOV. 30 17 16 DEC. 8 20 37 DEC. 16 17 42
DEC. 23 9 43 DEC. 30 10 03
2004 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. 7 15 40 JAN. 15 4 46
JAN. 21 21 05 JAN. 29 6 03 FEB. 6 8 47 FEB. 13 13 39
FEB. 20 9 18 FEB. 28 3 24 MAR. 6 23 14 MAR. 13 21 01
MAR. 20 22 41 MAR. 28 23 48 APR. 5 11 03 APR. 12 3 46
APR. 19 13 21 APR. 27 17 32 MAY 4 20 33 MAY 11 11 04
MAY 19 4 52 MAY 27 7 57 JUNE 3 4 20 JUNE 9 20 02
JUNE 17 20 27 JUNE 25 19 08 JULY 2 11 09 JULY 9 7 33
JULY 17 11 24 JULY 25 3 37 JULY 31 18 05 AUG. 7 22 01
AUG. 16 1 24 AUG. 23 10 12 AUG. 30 2 22 SEPT. 6 15 10
SEPT. 14 14 29 SEPT. 21 15 53 SEPT. 28 13 09 OCT. 6 10 12
OCT. 14 2 48 OCT. 20 21 59 OCT. 28 3 07 NOV. 5 5 53
NOV. 12 14 27 NOV. 19 5 50 NOV. 26 20 07 DEC. 5 0 53
DEC. 12 1 29 DEC. 18 16 39 DEC. 26 15 06
Names of the Full Moons
Algonquin/ English/ Neo-Pagan Other
colonial medieval
Jan Old Wolf Ice Moon After Yule
Feb Hunger Storm Snow
Mar Crust Chaste Death Sap; Crow; Lenten
Apr Pink Seed Awakening Grass; Egg
May Flower Hare Grass Planting; Milk
Jun Rose Dyan Planting Strawberry; Flower
Jul Buck Mead Rose Hay; Thunder
Aug Sturgeon Corn Lightening Grain; Dog Days
Sep Harvest Barley Harvest Fruit
Oct Hunter's Blood Blood
Nov Beaver Snow Tree Frosty
Dec Cold Oak Long Night Moon Before Yule
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