The Moon

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See also:  the sky,  July 20 - Moon Day,  aeronautics,  aviation, aeronautics & space museums

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•  Marvel at the Moon - in Lakenheath, UK; March 12, 2008; at RSPB Lakenheath Fen Nature Reserve; learn about the night sky, talk and use of telescopes (bring a torch)
•  Maple Moon - in Essex, Ontario, Canada; March 11, 2008, 7:30 pm; at John R. Park Homestead and Conservation Area; Join us for a sugaring-off party! Help collect sap and boil it down by moonlight. Make taffy on the snow, join in the barn dance, linger for star gazing and legends. Pre-registration required.
•  Lunar New Year
•  Otsukimi Moon Viewing Festival - in Oakland, CA; October 24, 2004; at Lakeside Park Garden Center near Lake Merritt
•  Full Moon Hayride - in Wilmington, DE; July 31, 2004 - October 30, 2004; at Greenbank Station; enjoy a moonlit interlude aboard our open-air hay car. July 31, Aug. 28, Sept. 25 & Oct. 30

eclipses

•  Eclipses for the year

directories of moon phases

•  Brian Casey's Moon Phase Page -- and also his Astronomical Sky Calendar
•  Moon Phases - Phase of the moon for each day of the month
•  Moon Phases 1923 - 2105 CE - computed from an approximation formula
•  Moon phases for this year
•  Phases of the Moon 1990-2005
•  Virtual Reality Moon Phase Pictures --for any date and time 1800-2199 A.D, from Time Service Dept., U.S. Naval Observatory

full moons in 2005

•  Full Moon - For many years, sleeping in the light of the moon was thought to be dangerous, possibly leading to "moon madness " (lunacy)!  In the Renaissance, the moon was worshipped by women as their special deity. Women would pray to the Mother Moon, often using silver amulets or coins, silver being the moon metal
•  Full Moon Room from the Zodiacal Zephyr
•  Full Moon dates

new moons in 2005

•  New Moon - The crescent moon was once believed to be a boat that carried souls to heaven
•  New Moon Tables from the Zodiacal Zephyr

•  The Names of the Moons
•  One Day Before - A simple way of working out approximate full moon dates, in which the full moon date of each month is usually ONE DAY BEFORE last month's
•  The New Age Web Works - Phase Of The Moon
•  Anthony Jones Moon Info
•  Seven Day Week as it relates to the Moon, Sun and five planets
•  Cherokee Moons
•  Lunar Outreach -- More phases of the moon!  
•  Lunar Phase Card -- A guide to every night’s moon of the year with times of new and full moons and eclipse info.  
•  Lunar Outreach Services
•  Moon info
•  Moon image
•  Moon phase files
•  Moon image for today
•  Moon image for other dates
•  Moon Info

•  Herbs by the Moon Phases -- When making Tinctures from your herbs, you start them on a new moon and strain them out two months later on the full moon. Much like farmers use the moon cycles to plant their crops

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lunar calendars

•  Islamic calendar
•  Moon Sun calendar -- Anniversary/appointment calendar with moon phases, moon and sun rise/set times for over 400 locations around the world  
•  Lunar Yerm Calendar -- A simple rule-based calendar that tracks the phases of the moon about as closely as any such calendar can
•  Indian Moons, Days & Other Calendar Stuff -- Month (moon), day and season names in many languages. 

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last edited Thursday, January 01, 2009