Moon Phases 2012 — LCMS Lutheran

Blue moon in 2012: August 31 (second full moon of the month)

First quarter Sun, January 1 · 06:14 UT

Full moon Mon, January 9 · 07:29 UT

Last quarter Mon, January 16 · 09:07 UT

New moon Mon, January 23 · 07:39 UT

First quarter Tue, January 31 · 04:09 UT

Full moon Tue, February 7 · 21:53 UT

Last quarter Tue, February 14 · 17:03 UT

New moon Tue, February 21 · 22:34 UT

First quarter Thu, March 1 · 01:21 UT

Full moon Thu, March 8 · 09:38 UT

Last quarter Thu, March 15 · 01:25 UT

New moon Thu, March 22 · 14:37 UT

First quarter Fri, March 30 · 19:40 UT

Full moon Fri, April 6 · 19:17 UT

Last quarter Fri, April 13 · 10:49 UT

New moon Sat, April 21 · 07:18 UT

First quarter Sun, April 29 · 09:57 UT

Full moon Sun, May 6 · 03:34 UT

Last quarter Sat, May 12 · 21:46 UT

New moon Sun, May 20 · 23:47 UT

First quarter Mon, May 28 · 20:15 UT

Full moon Mon, June 4 · 11:10 UT

Last quarter Mon, June 11 · 10:41 UT

New moon Tue, June 19 · 15:02 UT

First quarter Wed, June 27 · 03:30 UT

Full moon Tue, July 3 · 18:51 UT

Last quarter Wed, July 11 · 01:47 UT

New moon Thu, July 19 · 04:24 UT

First quarter Thu, July 26 · 08:56 UT

Full moon Thu, August 2 · 03:27 UT

Last quarter Thu, August 9 · 18:55 UT

New moon Fri, August 17 · 15:54 UT

First quarter Fri, August 24 · 13:53 UT

Full moon Fri, August 31 · 13:58 UT

Last quarter Sat, September 8 · 13:15 UT

New moon Sun, September 16 · 02:10 UT

First quarter Sat, September 22 · 19:40 UT

Full moon Sun, September 30 · 03:19 UT

Last quarter Mon, October 8 · 07:33 UT

New moon Mon, October 15 · 12:02 UT

First quarter Mon, October 22 · 03:31 UT

Full moon Mon, October 29 · 19:50 UT

Last quarter Wed, November 7 · 00:35 UT

New moon Tue, November 13 · 22:07 UT

First quarter Tue, November 20 · 14:31 UT

Full moon Wed, November 28 · 14:46 UT

Last quarter Thu, December 6 · 15:31 UT

New moon Thu, December 13 · 08:41 UT

First quarter Thu, December 20 · 05:19 UT

Full moon Fri, December 28 · 10:21 UT

The moon behind Easter

Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the spring equinox — but the Church reckons this with a tabular ("ecclesiastical") moon and a fixed equinox of March 21, not the astronomical sky. The two usually agree to the day, but not always.

Ecclesiastical (computus)

Equinox (fixed)March 21

Paschal full moonApril 7

Golden number18

Astronomical

Nearest full moonApril 6

Time19:17 UT

Difference 1 day

Easter 2012 falls on April 8, 2012.

Moon Phases — 2012

The moon behind Easter