Moon Phases 2005

 

                            Prepared by Patrick So

                             Griffith Observatory

 

                            Pacific Standard Time

             (Corrected for Daylight Saving Time  Apr. 3 - Oct. 29)

 

 

   New Moon          First Quarter        Full Moon          Last Quarter

 

 

                                                            Jan  3  9:45 a.m.

Jan 10  4:02 a.m.   Jan 16 10:57 p.m.   Jan 25  2:32 a.m.   Feb  1 11:26 p.m.

Feb  8  2:27 p.m.   Feb 15  4:15 p.m.   Feb 23  8:53 p.m.   Mar  3  9:36 a.m.

Mar 10  1:10 a.m.   Mar 17 11:18 a.m.   Mar 25 12:58 p.m.   Apr  1  4:50 p.m.

Apr  8  1:31 p.m.   Apr 16  7:37 a.m.   Apr 24  3:06 a.m.   Apr 30 11:24 p.m.

May  8  1:45 a.m.   May 16  1:56 a.m.   May 23  1:18 p.m.   May 30  4:47 a.m.

Jun  6  2:55 p.m.   Jun 14  6:22 p.m.   Jun 21  9:13 p.m.   Jun 28 11:23 a.m.

Jul  6  5:02 a.m.   Jul 14  8:19 a.m.   Jul 21  4:00 a.m.   Jul 27  8:18 p.m.

Aug  4  8:04 p.m.   Aug 12  7:38 p.m.   Aug 19 10:52 a.m.   Aug 26  8:17 a.m.

Sep  3 11:45 a.m.   Sep 11  4:36 a.m.   Sep 17  7:00 p.m.   Sep 24 11:40 p.m.

Oct  3  3:27 a.m.   Oct 10 12:00 p.m.   Oct 17  5:13 a.m.   Oct 24  6:16 p.m.

Nov  1  5:24 p.m.   Nov  8  5:56 p.m.   Nov 15  4:57 p.m.   Nov 23  2:11 p.m.

Dec  1  7:00 a.m.   Dec  8  1:36 a.m.   Dec 15  8:15 a.m.   Dec 23 11:36 a.m.

Dec 30  7:11 p.m.

 

                                    Seasons

 

              spring equinox         4:33 a.m.         March 20

              summer solstice       11:46 p.m.         June 20

              autumn equinox         3:23 p.m.         September 22

              winter solstice       10:35 a.m.         December 21

 

 

        The earth is at perihelion (closest to the sun) on January 1 (5 p.m.)

        The earth is at aphelion (farthest from sun) on July 4 (10 p.m.)

 

Data adapted from Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon, and Planets by Jean Meeus.