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Tips for Moon Watching & Moon Times

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The Moon rises and sets every day, like the Sun. The Sun always rises in the morning and sets in the evening. The Moon, on the other hand, does it at a different time every day.


If you are watching the moon ...

Please note that after the full phase, the moon won't rise until after sunset and rises later each night. 

When it gets too late, get up just after sunrise and watch the moon continue east. 

When it gets close to crescent phase again, you may need to get up before sunrise to see earth shine again.



iconThe moon rises and sets at specific times, according to what phase it is in:

The new moon rises and sets at approximately the same time as the sun.

The first quarter moon rises at mid-morning and sets at midnight. So it's at its height around dusk, not in the middle of the night.

The full moon rises at sunset and sets at sunrise. The full moon is the only moon that will be overhead in the middle of the night.

The last quarter moon rises around midnight and sets around mid-morning. So unless you're a late-owl, you've probably never even seen this moon.

Follow this link for moonrise times

2010 Moon Phase Peak Times
inc Moon Times to nearest 5 minutes (GMT)

The times are not moonrise

New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter
15 Jan
07:10
23 Jan
10:55
30 Jan
06:18
5 Feb
23:50
14 Feb
02:51
22 Feb
04:40
28 Feb
16:40
7 Mar
15:40
15 Mar
21:00
23 Mar
11:00
30 Mar
02:25
6 Apr
09:40
14 Apr
12:30
21 Apr
18:20
28 Apr
12:20
6 May
04:15
14 May
01:05
20 May
23:45
27 May
23:10
4 Jun
22:15
12 Jun
11:15
19 Jun
04:30
26 Jun
11:30
4 Jul
14:35
11 Jul
19:40
18 Jul
10:10
26 Jul
01:40
3 Aug
05:00
10 Aug
03:10
16 Aug
18:15
24 Aug
17:05
1 Sep
17:20
8 Sep
10:30
15 Sep
05:50
23 Sep
09:20
1 Oct
03:50
7 Oct
18:30
14 Oct
21:30
23 Oct
01:35
30 Oct
12:45
6 Nov
04:50
13 Nov
16:40
21 Nov
17:30
28 Nov
20:35
5 Dec
17:35
13 Dec
14:00
21 Dec
08:15
28 Dec
04:20

Make you own Lunar Calendar
Print out the Calendar and pictures of the different phases

The image on the right shows you what you would see if you looked at the moon tonight in the Northern hemisphere.
Can you identify which phase it is?
(If it is black then it's a new moon.) 

 
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