Volume 14 Issue 1 January 2008
Moon Watch -- Observing Our Closest Neighbor
01. Waning Crescent Near Spica
03. Apogee (405 331 km)
04. Thin Waning Crescent Near Venus
05. Thin Waning Crescent Near Antares
08. New Moon
09. Very Thin Waxing Crescent Near Mercury
15. First Quarter
16. Waxing Gibbous Near Aries
17. Waxing Gibbous Near Pleiades
19. Waxing Gibbous Near Mars
Perigee (366 430 km)
21. Waxing Gibbous Near Pollux
22. Full Moon
23. Waning Gibbous Near Regulus
24. Waning Gibbous Near Saturn
28. Waning Gibbous Near Spica
30. Last Quarter
31. Apogee (405 533 km)

Moon Calendar from Google
Moon Phase Calendar

01 Jan - 0500 CST
05 Jan - 0600 CST
17 Jan - 1900 CST
19 Jan - 1900 CST
21 Jan - 2000 CST


Lunar Passages
    Many times during each month the Moon passes by bright stars and planets.
    This month watch for the Moon to pass the star Regulus in Leo, and the next night pass Saturn.
This view is set for 0530 CST on the 24th.