Moon Phases — 2017

Astronomical phases in Universal Time · 12 full moons · 12 new moons

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First quarter First quarter Thu, January 5 · 19:47 UT
Full moon Full moon Thu, January 12 · 11:33 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Thu, January 19 · 22:13 UT
New moon New moon Sat, January 28 · 00:07 UT
First quarter First quarter Sat, February 4 · 04:18 UT
Full moon Full moon Sat, February 11 · 00:32 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Sat, February 18 · 19:33 UT
New moon New moon Sun, February 26 · 14:58 UT
First quarter First quarter Sun, March 5 · 11:32 UT
Full moon Full moon Sun, March 12 · 14:53 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Mon, March 20 · 15:58 UT
New moon New moon Tue, March 28 · 02:57 UT
First quarter First quarter Mon, April 3 · 18:39 UT
Full moon Full moon Tue, April 11 · 06:07 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Wed, April 19 · 09:57 UT
New moon New moon Wed, April 26 · 12:16 UT
First quarter First quarter Wed, May 3 · 02:47 UT
Full moon Full moon Wed, May 10 · 21:42 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Fri, May 19 · 00:32 UT
New moon New moon Thu, May 25 · 19:44 UT
First quarter First quarter Thu, June 1 · 12:42 UT
Full moon Full moon Fri, June 9 · 13:09 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Sat, June 17 · 11:32 UT
New moon New moon Sat, June 24 · 02:30 UT
First quarter First quarter Sat, July 1 · 00:51 UT
Full moon Full moon Sun, July 9 · 04:06 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Sun, July 16 · 19:25 UT
New moon New moon Sun, July 23 · 09:45 UT
First quarter First quarter Sun, July 30 · 15:23 UT
Full moon Full moon Mon, August 7 · 18:11 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Tue, August 15 · 01:15 UT
New moon New moon Mon, August 21 · 18:30 UT
First quarter First quarter Tue, August 29 · 08:13 UT
Full moon Full moon Wed, September 6 · 07:03 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Wed, September 13 · 06:24 UT
New moon New moon Wed, September 20 · 05:29 UT
First quarter First quarter Thu, September 28 · 02:53 UT
Full moon Full moon Thu, October 5 · 18:41 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Thu, October 12 · 12:25 UT
New moon New moon Thu, October 19 · 19:12 UT
First quarter First quarter Fri, October 27 · 22:22 UT
Full moon Full moon Sat, November 4 · 05:23 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Fri, November 10 · 20:36 UT
New moon New moon Sat, November 18 · 11:42 UT
First quarter First quarter Sun, November 26 · 17:02 UT
Full moon Full moon Sun, December 3 · 15:47 UT
Last quarter Last quarter Sun, December 10 · 07:51 UT
New moon New moon Mon, December 18 · 06:30 UT
First quarter First quarter Tue, December 26 · 09:19 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 11

Golden number4

Full moon Astronomical

Nearest full moonApril 11

Time06:07 UT

Difference same day

Easter 2017 falls on April 16, 2017.