Friday, January 6, 2012

First Full Moon of 2012 - Just Sayin'

The first full moon of 2012 is on Monday, January 9 (or actually very late Sunday). That means the best time to shoot the rising full moon this month is on Sunday, January 8. 
I will try to be out there somewhere.  How about you?

Sun and Moon Data for One Day

Los Angeles, California (longitude W118.4, latitude N34.1): Sunday    8 January 2012 PST
SUN Data
     Begin civil twilight 6:32 a.m.
     Sunrise 7:00 a.m.
     Sun transit 12:00 noon
     Sunset 5:01 p.m.
     End civil twilight 5:28 p.m.
MOON Data
     Moonrise 3:49 p.m. on preceding day
     Moonset 6:22 a.m. 
     Moonrise 4:48 p.m.
     Moon transit 11:59 p.m.
     Moonset 7:06 a.m. on following day
Full Moon on 8 January 2012 at 11:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.