New Moon

Young Moon
A very young moon over Waikoloa, this is only 26 hours after new, visible to the unaided eye as a sliver in the fading glow of sunset
New Moon will occur today at 12:08HST.

During this new moon a total solar eclipse will sweep across Northern Australia and the South Pacific, ending before reaching the west coast of South America. None of this eclipse will be visible from Hawai’i.

New Moons for 2012
  UT HST
January Jan 23 07:39UT Jan 22 21:39HST
February Feb 21 22:35UT Feb 21 12:35HST
March Mar 22 14:37UT Mar 22 04:37HST
April Apr 21 07:18UT Apr 20 21:18HST
May May 20 23:47UT May 20 13:47HST
June Jun 19 15:02UT Jun 19 05:02HST
July Jul 19 04:24UT Jul 18 18:24HST
August Aug 17 15:55UT Aug 17 05:55HST
September Sep 16 02:11UT Sep 15 16:11HST
October Oct 15 12:02UT Oct 15 02:02HST
November Nov 13 22:08UT Nov 13 12:08HST
December Dec 13 08:42UT Dec 12 22:42HST
 

Source: NASA Sky Calendar

 

Author: Andrew

An electrical engineer, amateur astronomer, and diver, living and working on the island of Hawaiʻi.

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