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2009 Moon Phases
 Working With The Moon
- Every Witch should know which days to work and which to take
off. Which moon phases are best for what kind of casting and
which are for rest. These guidelines are not cast in stone and
certainly if you have a friend in dire need of healing, you don't
need to wait until the next Waxing Moon to cast. But when possible
and for the best results here's the Moon Phase Calendar for this
year to help you plan your work.
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- For more information about the moon and it's phases, visit
our Working With The Moon section.
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- ~ Current Calendar
| Moon Archive Index ~
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- 2009 Events
- January 26 / Annular Solar Eclipse
- February 9 07:38 / Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
- July 7 05:00 / Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
- July 21 20:00 / Total Solar Eclipse
- August 5 21:44 / Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
- December 31 14:23 / Partial Lunar Eclipse
- See Event Notes For More Information
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- 2009 Equinox Schedule
- March 20 / 07:44 - Vernal Equinox
- June 21 / 01:45 - Summer Solstice
- September 22 / 17:18 - Autumn Equinox
- December 21 / 12:47 - Winter Solstice
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- Earth's 2009 Perihelion / Aphelion Schedule
- January 4 / 10:00 - Perihelion
- July 3 / 22:00 - Aphelion
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- 2009 - Full Moon Schedule *
Times are Eastern Standard Time
- January 10 / 22:27 - Wolf Moon
- February 09 / 09:49 - Snow Moon
- March 10 / 22:38 - Worm Moon
- April 09 / 10:56 - Rain Moon
- May 09 / 00:01 - Flower Moon
- June 07 / 18:15 - Strawberry Moon
- July 07 / 05:21 - Deer Moon
- August 05 / 20:15 - Fish Moon
- September 04 / 11:03 - Fruit Moon
- October 04 / 02:10 - Harvest Moon
- November 02 / 14:14 - Hunter's Moon
- December 02 / 02:30 - Cold Moon
- December 31 / 14:13 - Blue Moon **
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- To Track The Time In Your Area
- Use the Time Zone Converter
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For a list of full moon names, see Working With The Moon.
- ** A Blue Moon occurs
when a full moon enters the same month twice.
- *** The closest point
to the Sun in a planet's orbit is called perihelion. The furthest
point is called aphelion.
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- 2009 Moon Calendar
- September, 2008
- 07
- 15
- 22
- 26
- 29
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- October, 2008
- 07
- 14
- 21
- 25
- 28
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- November, 2008
- 05
- 13
- 19
- 23
- 27
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- December, 2008
- 05
- 12
- 19
- 23
- 27
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- January, 2009
- 04
- 11
- 18
- 21
- 26
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- February, 2009
- 02
- 09
- 16
- 19
- 25
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- March, 2009
- 04
- 11
- 18
- 21
- 26
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- April, 2009
- 02
- 09
- 17
- 20
- 25
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- May, 2009
- 01
- 09
- 17
- 20
- 24
- 31
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- June, 2009
- 07
- 15
- 18
- 22
- 29
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- July, 2009
- 07
- 15
- 18
- 22
- 28
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- August, 2009
- 06
- 13
- 16
- 20
- 27
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- September, 2009
- 04
- 12
- 15
- 18
- 26
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- October, 2009
- 04
- 11
- 14
- 18
- 26
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- November, 2009
- 02
- 09
- 12
- 16
- 24
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- December, 2009
- 02
- 09
- 12
- 16
- 24
- 31
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- 2009 Events Notes
 January 26 / Annular Solar Eclipse
- The annular path begins in the South Atlantic at 06:06 UT.
The first solar eclipse of 2009 occurs at the Moon's ascending
node in western Capricornus. An annular eclipse will be visible
from a wide track that traverses the Indian Ocean and western
Indonesia. A partial eclipse will be seen within the much larger
path of the Moon's penumbral shadow, which includes the southern
third of Africa, Madagascar, Australia except Tasmania, southeast
India, Southeast Asia and Indonesia.
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- February 9 / Penumbral Lunar
Eclipse
- The first lunar eclipse of 2009 is one of four such events
during the year. The first three eclipses are penumbral while
the last (on Dec. 31) is partial. The Feb 09 event is the deepest
penumbral eclipse of the year with a penumbral magnitude of 0.899.
It will be easily visible to the naked eye as a dusky shading
in the northern half of the Moon. The times of the major phases
are listed below.
- Eclipse Begins: 12:38:46 UT
Greatest Eclipse: 14:38:15 UT
Eclipse Ends: 16:37:40 UT
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- July 7 / Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
- July's penumbral eclipse is only of academic interest since
the magnitude is just 0.156. Although the Moon will be above
the horizon from most of Canada. The eclipse is so minor as to
be completely invisible to the naked eye.
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- July 22 / Total Solar Eclipse
- To make up for the anemic lunar eclipse earlier in the month,
a major total eclipse of the Sun occurs two weeks later. The
path of the Moon's umbral shadow extends across India, China,
a handful of Japanese islands and the South Pacific Ocean (Espenak
and Anderson, 2008). A partial eclipse is seen within the much
broader path of the Moon's penumbral shadow, which includes most
of eastern Asia, Indonesia, and the Pacific Ocean. A partial
eclipse is seen from a much larger area covering East Asia, Indonesia,
and the South Pacific. Local circumstances for a number of cities.
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- August 6 / Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
- A shallow penumbral eclipse occurs 15 days after the total
solar eclipse. Since its magnitude is only 0.402, it will not
be visible to the naked eye.
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- December 31 / Partial Lunar Eclipse
- The last eclipse of 2009 occurs on New Year's Eve. This minor
partial lunar eclipse takes place in Gemini, and is visible primarily
from the Eastern Hemisphere. Greatest eclipse takes place at
19:23 UT when the eclipse magnitude will reach 0.0763.
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Source: 1,
- 2008 Farmers Almanac,
- US Navel Observatory:
Moon
Phases & Earth
Events,
- NASA
Eclipse Website
- Created: 10.27.2008
Updated: 10.27.2008
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