New Years Eve Full Moon/Partial Eclipse/Blue Moon

The last eclipse of 2009 occurs on New Year's Eve. This minor partial lunar eclipse takes place in Gemini, and is visible primarily from the Eastern Hemisphere . Greatest eclipse takes place at 19:23 UT when the eclipse magnitude will reach 0.0763.


Dec. 31, 2:13 p.m. EST -- Full Long Night Moon.

Nights are at their longest and darkest. The term Long Night Moon is a doubly appropriate name because the midwinter night is indeed long and the moon is above the horizon a long time. The midwinter full moon takes a high trajectory across the sky because it is opposite to the low Sun. This is the second time the moon turns full in a calendar month, so it is also popularly known as a "Blue Moon." Full moons occur on average each 29.53 days (the length of the synodic month), or 12.3683 times per year; so months containing two full moons occur on average every 2.72 years, or every 2 years plus 8 or 9 months. There will be a partial lunar eclipse that will be visible from Europe, Africa and Asia with this full moon. At its maximum 7.6-percent of the moon's diameter will become immersed in the Earth's dark umbral shadow.

Blue Moon is any time a single month has two full moons in it, the second is known as a Blue Moon.
This Moon is considered to be stronger than  a regular full moon and is known as a Goal Moon.
It is time to set specific goals for  yourself and review accomplishments and failures since the last one.

December 31 2009 has quite a lot going on....New Years Eve, Partial Eclipse and Blue Moon....

A Magickal Time......



 

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