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