2012 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.   For more information about the moon and it's phases, visit our Working With The Moon section.   ~ Current Calendar | Moon Archive Index ~     * 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.

2012 Events Times are Eastern Standard Time May 20-21 Partial Solar Eclipse June 04 Partial Lunar Eclipse November 13-14 Total Solar Eclipse November 28 Prenumbral Lunar Eclipse See Event Notes For More Information 2012 Equinox Schedule Mar 20 - 01:14 - Vernal Equinox June 20 - 19:09 - Summer Solstice Sept 22- 10:49 - Autumn Equinox Dec 21 - 06:12 - Winter Solstice Earth's 2012 Perihelion / Aphelion Schedule January 5 / 01:01 - Perihelion July 5 / 01:04 - Aphelion 2012 - Full Moon Schedule * Times are Eastern Standard Time Jan 9 / 02:30 - Wolf Moon Feb 7 / 16:54 - Snow Moon Mar 8 / 04:39 - Worm Moon Apr 6 / 15:19 - Rain Moon May 6 / 23:35 - Flower Moon Jun 4 / 00:11 - Strawberry Moon Jul 2 / 23:18 - Deer Moon Aug 1 / 23:27 - Fish Moon Aug 31 / 09:58 - Blue Moon Sep 29 / 23:19 - Fruit Moon Oct 29 / 15:49 - Harvest Moon Nov 28 / 09:46 - Hunter's Moon Dec 28 / 05:21 - Cold Moon   To Track The Time In Your Area Use the Time Zone Converter   2012 Blue Moon August 31st . 2012 Moon Calendar  September, 2011 04 12 20 24 27 October, 2011 04 11 20 23 26 November, 2011 02 10 18 22 25 December, 2011 02 10 18 21 24 January 2012 01 09 16 20 23 31 February 2012 07 14 17 21 March 2012 01 08 15 19 22 30 April 2012 06 13 18 21 29 May 2012 06 12 17 20 28 June 2012 04 11 16 19 27 July 2012 02 11 16 19 26 August 2012 01 09 14 17 24 31 September 2012 08 13 16 22 29 October 2012 08 11 15 22 29 November 2012 07 10 13 20 28 December 2012 06 10 13 20 28 2012 Event Notes: May 20/21, 2012 An annular eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses Earth's northern Hemisphere. The path of the Moon's antumbral shadow begins in eastern Asia and crosses the North Pacific Ocean where it ends in the western United States. The Moon's penumbral shadow produces a partial eclipse visible from a much larger region covering East Asia, North Pacific, North America and Greenland. June 04, 2012 The first lunar eclipse of 2012 occurs at the Moon's ascending node in southern Ophiuchus about 6° northeast of Antares (mv = +1.07). It is best seen from locations in and near the Pacific Ocean. Most of the Americas will experience moonset before the eclipse ends while eastern Asia will miss the beginning of the eclipse because it occurs before moonrise. The Moon's contact times with Earth's shadows are listed below. November 12/13, 2012 A total eclipse of the Sun is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses Earth's southern Hemisphere. The path of the Moon's umbral shadow begins in norther Australia and crosses the South Pacific Ocean with on other no landfall. The Moon's penumbral shadow produces a partial eclipse visible from a much larger region covering Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific. November 28, 2012 The last lunar eclipse of 2012 is a deep penumbral eclipse with a magnitude of 0.9155. It should 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.

Source: 1, 2011 Farmers Almanac, US Navel Observatory: Moon Phases & Earth Events, NASA Eclipse Website   Created: 12.29.2011           Updated: 12.29.2011