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Updated: Monday, 03 January 2005

WSAL 2005 Event Calendar

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Dec

Future Events

Color Keying: Club Observations - WSAL Events - Astronomical Events - Other Events
Coding: SR - Sunrise; SS - Sunset; MR - Moonrise; MS - Moonset; AT - Astronomical Twilight
Times: all times are Universal Time (UT), Eastern Standard Time (EST), or Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), and are for the Pilot Mountain site.

January

3rd (Mon) - Last Quarter Moon (1746UT)
7th (Fri) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
8th (Sat) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
10th (Mon) - New Moon (1203UT)
17th (Mon) - First Quarter Moon (0657UT)
19th (Wed) - FAS Meeting
25th (Tue) - Full Moon (1032UT)

February

2nd (Wed) - Last Quarter Moon (0727UT)
4th (Fri) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
5th (Sat) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
8th (Tue) - New Moon (2228UT)
11th (Fri) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
12th (Sat) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
16th (Wed) - First Quarter Moon (0016UT)
16th (Wed) - FAS Meeting
24th (Thu) - Full Moon (0454UT)

March

3rd (Thu) - Last Quarter Moon (1736UT)
10th (Thu) - New Moon (0910UT)
11th (Fri) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
12th (Sat) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
16th (Wed) - FAS Meeting
17th (Thu) - First Quarter Moon (1919UT)
25th (Fri) - Full Moon (2058UT)

April

2nd (Sat) - Last Quarter Moon (0050UT)
8th (Fri) - New Moon (2032UT)
8th (Fri) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
9th (Sat) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
16th (Sat) - First Quarter Moon (1437UT)
20th (Wed) - FAS Meeting
24th (Sun) - Full Moon (1006UT)

May

1st (Sun) - Last Quarter Moon (0624UT)
6th (Fri) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
7th (Sat) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
8th (Sun) - New Moon (0845UT)
16th (Mon) - First Quarter Moon (0856UT)
18th (Wed) - FAS Meeting
23rd (Mon) - Full Moon (2018UT)
30th (Mon) - Last Quarter Moon (1147UT)

June

3rd (Fri) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
4th (Sat) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
6th (Mon) - New Moon (2155UT)
15th (Wed) - First Quarter Moon (0122UT)
15th (Wed) - FAS Meeting
22nd (Wed) - Full Moon (0414UT)
28th (Tue) - Last Quarter Moon (1823UT)

July

6th (Wed) - New Moon (1202UT)
8th (Fri) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
9th (Sat) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
14th (Thu) - First Quarter Moon (1520UT)
20th (Wed) - FAS Meeting
21st (Thu) - Full Moon (1100UT)
28th (Thu) - Last Quarter Moon (0319UT)

August

5th (Fri) - New Moon (0305UT)
5th (Fri) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
6th (Sat) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
13th (Sat) - First Quarter Moon (0238UT)
17th (Wed) - FAS Meeting
19th (Fri) - Full Moon (1753UT)
26th (Fri) - Last Quarter Moon (1518UT)

September

2nd (Fri) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
3rd (Sat) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
3rd (Sat) - New Moon (1845UT)
11th (Sun) - First Quarter Moon (1137UT)
18th (Sun) - Full Moon (0201UT)
21st (Wed) - FAS Meeting
25th (Sun) - Last Quarter Moon (0641UT)
30th (Fri) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)

October

1st (Sat) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
3rd (Mon) - New Moon (1028UT)
10th (Mon) - First Quarter Moon (1901UT)
17th (Mon) - Full Moon (1214UT)
19th (Wed) - FAS Meeting
25th (Tue) - Last Quarter Moon (0117UT)

November

2nd (Wed) - New Moon (0124UT)
4th (Fri) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
5th (Sat) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
9th (Wed) - First Quarter Moon (0157UT)
16th (Wed) - Full Moon (0057UT)
16th (Wed) - FAS Meeting
23rd (Wed) - Last Quarter Moon (2211UT)

December

1st (Thu) - New Moon (1501UT)
2nd (Fri) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
3rd (Sat) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
8th (Thu) - First Quarter Moon (0936UT)
15th (Thu) - Full Moon (1615UT)
21st (Wed) - FAS Meeting
23rd (Fri) - Last Quarter Moon (1936UT)
31st (Fri) - New Moon (0312UT)
31st (Fri) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)
1st (Sat) - WSAL DSO Observing Session (location TBD)

Future Events

8 November 2006 - Solar transit of Mercury
6 June 2012 - Solar transit of Venus (very rare; last in 1631, 1639, 1761, 1769, 1874, 1882, and 2004)
21 August 2017 - Solar eclipse
8 April 2024 - Solar eclipse