Moon Phases 2007 
                               Prepared by John Mosley
                                Griffith Observatory 
                                 Pacific Standard Time
                (Corrected for Daylight Saving Time  Mar 11 - Nov 3)
 
New Moon            First Quarter       Full Moon           Last Quarter
                                        Jan  3  5:57 a.m.   Jan 11  4:45 a.m
Jan 18  8:01 p.m.   Jan 25  3:01 p.m.   Feb  1  9:45 p.m.   Feb 10  1:51 a.m.
Feb 17  8:14 a.m.   Feb 23 11:56 p.m.   Mar  3  3:17 p.m.   Mar 11  8:54 p.m.
Mar 18  7:43 p.m.   Mar 25 11:16 a.m.   Apr  2 10:15 a.m.   Apr 10 11:04 a.m.
Apr 17  4:36 a.m.   Apr 23 11:36 p.m.   May  2  3:09 a.m.   May  9  9:27 p.m.
May 16 12:27 p.m.   May 23  2:03 p.m.   May 31  6:04 p.m.   Jun  8  4:43 a.m.
Jun 14  8:13 p.m.   Jun 22  6:15 a.m.   Jun 30  6:49 a.m.   Jul  7  9:54 a.m.
Jul 14  5:04 a.m.   Jul 21 11:29 p.m.   Jul 29  5:48 p.m.   Aug  5  2:20 p.m.
Aug 12  4:03 p.m.   Aug 20  4:54 p.m.   Aug 28  3:35 a.m.   Sep  3  7:32 p.m.
Sep 11  5:44 a.m.   Sep 19  9:48 a.m.   Sep 26 12:45 p.m.   Oct  3  3:06 a.m.
Oct 10 10:01 p.m.   Oct 19  1:33 a.m.   Oct 25  9:52 p.m.   Nov  1  2:18 p.m.
Nov  9  3:03 p.m.   Nov 17  2:33 p.m.   Nov 24  6:30 a.m.   Dec  1  4:44 a.m.
Dec  9  9:40 a.m.   Dec 17  2:18 a.m.   Dec 23  5:16 p.m.   Dec 30 11:51 p.m. 
Data from US Naval Observatory http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/MoonPhase.html
corrected for Los Angeles' local time zone and daylight time when in effect.
The full moon of May 31 is a "blue moon" -- the second full moon in a calendar month.

                                      Seasons

              spring equinox         5:07 p.m.         March 20
              summer solstice       11:06 a.m.         June 21
              autumn equinox         2:51 a.m.         September 23
              winter solstice       10:08 p.m.         December 21 

The earth is at perihelion (closest to the sun) at 2 p.m. on January 3.
The earth is at aphelion (farthest from sun) at 5 p.m. on July 6.
Data adapted from Astronomical Phenomena for the year 2007 by The Nautical Almanac 
Office, United States Naval Observatory, and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac 
Office, United Kingdom. 


                                    
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