ASTRONOMICAL INFORMA Moon 201I

Phases of the July

New Moon
Sunrises and Sunsets 2011 January
New Moon
09 02
) FirstQuater 07 29
9 4
4
D Firt Ouarter | 31
Julv Set 15 O Full Moon
January Rie 21 21
Full Mootn )3 ( 07 3)
Ri
19 57 Last Quarter 06 0)
04 48 21 21 Quarter 12 NewMo0on
26 CLast
30
04 54 1 17 19 40
8 4 16 05 02
05 11 1 03 August
16 32 23
0753 20 53
744 16 44 30 5 21 February 02 31 6) First Quarter 12 08
3 N e w Moon 13Oull Moon 19 57
August Quarter 07 18
February Rre 11 ) First 08 35 1 Last Quarter 22 54
Rise h m OFull Moon New Moon
29 04 04
h 18
(C LastQuarter 23 26
m
6 05 31 20 41
16 57
13 05 42 20 28 24
12 17 10 20 14
17 23 20 05 53
53 17 35 27 06 04 19 59 September
26
March 20 46 4 ) First Quarter I8 39
March SeptemberRisc 4
New Moon 12 OFull Moon l0 27
Rrsc Ouarter 23 45
h m h m 12 ) First 18 10
20 CLast Quarter 14 38
19 44 Moon
5 17 48 3 06 16
19 28 19 O Full 12 O7 27 New Moon 12 09
10 (6 27 Last Quarter
I8 12 17 6 38 19 12 26 (
19 18 56
26 5 50 18 23 24 06 49
October
October
April Rise Set April 15 32 4 D First Quarter 04 15
Rrsc Set New Moon
h m m
m h m
3 13 05 12 O Full Moon 03 05
18 40 Quarter
6 35 19 35 07 00 11 ) First 03 44 20 C Last Quarter 04 30
19 47 8 07 12 18 24 Full Moon
6 19 18 09 18 O 26 New M0on 20 56
15 07 24 03 47
25 C Last Quarter
16 19 59
5 49 20 10 22 07 36 17 54
23 17 40
30 5 35 29 07 48
November
Mav November
Set Rise Set May 2 D First Quarter 16 36
RIsc New Moon 07 50
h m 3
21 33 10 OFull Moon 20 16
7 07 00 16 28
16 16
10 ) First Quarter 18 C Last Quarter 15 09
14 5 11 44 12 07 13 17 O Full Moon 12 08
07 24 16 07 25 New Moon 06 10
24 C Last Quarter 19 52
21 19
28 04 53 21 04 26 07 36 16 00
December
June Rise Set December
R1se Set
h m Im June
E
07 46 15 55 1New Moon 22 02 2 D First Quarter 09 52
4 21 11
11 44 21 17 10 07 54 15 52 D First Quarter 03 10 10 OFull Moon 14 36
21 21 17 08 01 15 52 O Full Moon 21 13 18 C Last Quarter 00 47
18 15
21 22 24 08 15 55 New Moon 18 06
25
08 06 16 01 23 ( Last Quarter 12 48 24
31
when the times are in BST (1 hour advanced of GMT)
These times are for London and are in GMT, except between 0100 on Mar 27 and 0100 on Oct 30,

Measures of Time
Lunar Weeks Days Hours Minutes Seconds The Year
Month The earth revolves round the sun in 365 days 5 hours
1 60
48 minutes and 45 seconds. A calendar year is therefore
1 60 3,600
24 1,440 86,400
usually 365 days. Leap years deal with the accumulation of
the surplus time.
1 7 168 10,080 604,800
4 28 672 40,320 2,419,200 Leap Year
Mean Sidereal Day Leap years are those years divisible by 4 without aremainder.
The period of time during which the earth makes one However, a century year must be divisible by 400 without
revolutionon its axis relativeto aparticular star -23h 56m a remainder (like 2000) in order to be a leap year.
4.095.
Mean Solar Day
The period of time during which the carth nakes one
International Dateline
revolution on its axis relative to the sun - 24h Om 0.59%. A modified meridian 180 degrees
to south in the Pacific, forms the
longitude from nou
Gregorian Calendar International Dateline:
This calendar system was adopted by Great Britain in 1752. When crossing this line, the date moves on by
In the same year, the beginning of the new ycar was
changed from March 25 to January 1. travelling westward and back by one day if one day
travelling
eastward.