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English: This 4K visualization shows the Moon's phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2024, as viewed from the Southern Hemisphere. Each frame represents one hour. In addition, this visualization shows the Moon's orbit position, sub-Earth and subsolar points, and distance from the Earth at true scale.
The exact times depend on the lunar phase and declination, as well as the observer's location. As viewed from outside the polar circles, the Moon, like all other celestial objects outside the circumpolar circle, rises from the eastern half of the horizon and sets into the western half [1] due to Earth's rotation. [2]
Here's the full moon calendar for 2024: Jan. 25: Wolf Moon. Feb. 24: Snow Moon. March 25: Worm Moon. April 23: Pink Moon. ... Except during the short phase of a total solar eclipse, it's not safe ...
The full moon will be Tuesday night, September 17, 2024, at 10:35 p.m. EDT, NASA reports. The moon will appear full for about three days, from Monday evening through Thursday morning.
The moon will begin entering the Earth's shadow at 12:53 a.m., reach greatest eclipse at 3:13 a.m. with 96% of the moon in partial shadow, and exit the shadow at 5:32 a.m. says NASA.
The Moon then wanes as it passes through the gibbous moon, third-quarter moon, and crescent moon phases, before returning back to new moon. The terms old moon and new moon are not interchangeable. The "old moon" is a waning sliver (which eventually becomes undetectable to the naked eye) until the moment it aligns with the Sun and begins to wax ...
2024 New Moon Schedule. New Moon in Capricorn – Thursday, January 11 at 6:57 a.m. EST. New Moon in Aquarius – Friday, February 9 at 5:59 p.m. EST.
There will be a rare full moon on a leap day; this event happens roughly once every century. [23] The next full moon on a leap day will not occur until February 29, 2124. [24] 2052 December 6 The closest supermoon of the century will occur. [25] 2053 August 29 A Total Penumbral Lunar Eclipse will occur, the first since 2006. [26] 2057