Moon Phases 2006

                             Prepared by Anthony Cook
                               Griffith Observatory

                               Pacific Standard Time
             (Corrected for Daylight Saving Time  Apr. 2 - Oct. 29) 

   New Moon          First Quarter        Full Moon          Last Quarter 
                    Jan  6 10:56 a.m.   Jan 14  1:48 a.m.   Jan 22  7:14 a.m.
Jan 29  6:15 a.m.   Feb  4 10:29 p.m.   Feb 12  8:44 p.m.   Feb 20 11:17 p.m.
Feb 27  4:31 p.m.   Mar  6 12:16 p.m.   Mar 14  3:35 p.m.   Mar 22 11:10 a.m.
Mar 29  2:15 a.m.   Apr  5  5:01 a.m.   Apr 13  9:40 a.m.   Apr 20  8:28 p.m.
Apr 27 12:44 p.m.   May  4 10:13 p.m.   May 12 11:51 p.m.   May 20  2:20 a.m.
May 26 10:26 p.m.   Jun  3  4:06 p.m.   Jun 11 11:03 a.m.   Jun 18  7:08 a.m.
Jun 25  9:05 a.m.   Jul  3  9:37 a.m.   Jul 10  8:02 p.m.   Jul 17 12:12 p.m.
Jul 24  9:31 p.m.   Aug  2  1:46 a.m.   Aug  9  3:54 a.m.   Aug 15  6:51 p.m.
Aug 23 12:10 p.m.   Aug 31  3:56 p.m.   Sep  7 11:42 a.m.   Sep 14  4:15 a.m.
Sep 22  4:45 a.m.   Sep 30  4:04 a.m.   Oct  6  8:13 p.m.   Oct 13  5:26 p.m.
Oct 21 10:14 p.m.   Oct 29  1:25 p.m.   Nov  5  4:58 a.m.   Nov 12  9:45 a.m.
Nov 20  2:18 p.m.   Nov 27 10:29 p.m.   Dec  4  4:25 p.m.   Dec 12  6:32 a.m.
Dec 20  6:01 a.m.   Dec 27  6:48 a.m. 

                                     Seasons 

              spring equinox        March 20            10:26 a.m.
              summer solstice       June 21              5:26 a.m.
              autumn equinox        September 22         9:03 p.m.
              winter solstice       December 21          4:22 p.m. 

        The earth is at perihelion (closest to the sun) on January 4 (7 a.m.)       
        The earth is at aphelion (farthest from sun) on July 3 (4 p.m.)

Data adapted from Astronomical Phenomena for the year 2006 by The Nautical Almanac
Office, United States Naval Observatory, and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office,
United Kingdom