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2013 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.
2013 Events
Times are Eastern Standard Time

Apr 25: Partial Lunar Eclipse
May 10: Annular Solar Eclipse
May 25: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Oct 18: Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 03: Hybrid Solar Eclipse


See Event Notes For More Information
2013 Equinox Schedule

Mar 20 - 07:02 - Vernal Equinox
June 20 - 01:04 - Summer Solstice
Sept 22- 16:44 - Autumn Equinox
Dec 21 - 12:11 - Winter Solstice
Earth's 2013 Perihelion / Aphelion Schedule

January 4 / 20:00 - Perihelion
July 5 / 11:00 - Aphelion
2013 - Full Moon Schedule *
Times are Eastern Standard Time
Jan 26 / 11:38p - Wolf Moon
Feb 25 / 03:27p - Snow Moon
Mar 27 / 05:28a - Worm Moon
Apr 25 / 03:58p - Rain Moon
May 25 / 12:26a - Flower Moon
Jun 23 / 07:33a - Strawberry Moon
Jul 22 / 02:16p - Deer Moon
Aug 20 / 09:45p - Fish Moon
Sep 19 / 07:13a - Fruit Moon
Oct 18 / 07:39p - Harvest Moon
Nov 17 / 10:17a - Hunter's Moon
Dec 17 / 04:29a - Cold Moon
 
To Track The Time In Your Area
Use the Time Zone Converter
 
2013 Blue Moon
There is no Blue Moon for 2013
.
2013 Moon Calendar 
January 2013


05
08
11
18
26
February 2013

03
06
10
17
25
March 2013

04
07
11
19
27
April 2013

03
06
10
18
25
May 2013


02
05
10
18
25
31
June 2013

03

08
16
23
30
July 2013

03
08
16
22
29

August 2013

01
06
14
20
28

September 2013

01
05
12
19
27
October 2013

01
05
11
18
26
29
November 2013

03
10
17
25
28
December 2013

03
09
17
25
28
 
2013 Event Notes:
April 25, 2013
The first lunar eclipse of 2013 occurs at the Moon's ascending node in southern Virgo about 12° east of Spica (mv = +1.05). It is visible primarily from the Eastern Hemisphere.
 
May 10, 2013
The first solar eclipse of 2013 occurs at the Moon's descending node in eastern Ares. An annular eclipse will be visible from a 171 to 225 kilometre-wide track that traverses Australia, eastern Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the Gilbert Islands. A partial eclipse is seen within the much broader path of the Moon's penumbral shadow, which includes Australia, Indonesia, Oceania and much of the central the Pacific Ocean
 
May 25, 2013
The second lunar eclipse of the year again occurs at the Moon's ascending node in Scorpius. During the event, the Moon will be visible from the Americas and western Africa.
 
October 18, 2013
The last lunar eclipse of the year is a relatively deep penumbral eclipse with a magnitude of 0.7649. It should be easily visible to the naked eye as a dusky shading in the southern half of the Moon. Eastern Canada will see the entire event while the rest of Canada and the USA will see moonrise with the eclipse already in progress. Observers in Europe and Africa will also see the entire event, while eastern Asia misses the end because of moonset.
 
November 3, 2012
The final event of 2013 is the most interesting eclipse of the year. It is one of the rare hybrid or annular/total eclipses in which some sections of the path are annular while other parts are total. The duality comes about when the vertex of the Moon's umbral shadow pierces Earth's surface at some locations, but falls short of the planet along other sections of the path. The unusual geometry is due to the curvature of Earth's surface that brings some geographic locations into the umbra while other positions are more distant and enter the antumbral rather than umbral shadow. In most cases, the central path begins annular, changes to total for the middle portion of the track, and reverts back to annular towards the end of the path.
 
However, November 3 eclipse is even more unique because the central path to begins annular and ends total. Because hybrid eclipses occur near the vertex of the Moon's umbral/antumbral shadows, the central path is typically quite narrow
 
The hybrid eclipse of 2013 is visible from within a thin corridor, which traverses the North Atlantic and equatorial Africa. A partial eclipse is seen within the much broader path of the Moon's penumbral shadow, which includes eastern North America, northern South America, southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

  Source: 1,
2013 Farmers Almanac,
US Navel Observatory: Moon Phases & Earth Events,
NASA Eclipse Website
  Created: 12.27.2012           Updated: 12.29.2013