The moon calendar
The moons of October 2024
New moon in Libra. Full moon in Aries. Exact times below, in Central and UTC.
Times in Central (US), with UTC under each
- Wednesday, October 21:49 pmOct 2, 18:49 UTC
New moon in Libra
The dark of the moon, when the month begins.
The Moon in Libra is about partners and balance, agreements and the other side of the table.
Source: Computed from the Moon–Sun elongation (astronomy-engine).
- Friday, October 11
Thesmophoria (date approximate)
A women's festival for Demeter and Persephone, about sowing, descent and return. Men were excluded, and it was kept for centuries.
Held over three days of Pyanepsion in the Attic lunisolar calendar, so it moves against our months. Placed here in mid-October, where it usually fell.
Source: Parke, Festivals of the Athenians (1977), ch. 6; Burkert, Greek Religion (1985), pp. 242–246
- Thursday, October 176:26 amOct 17, 11:26 UTC
Full moon in Aries
The full moon. What has grown since the new moon can be seen.
The Moon in Aries is quick and direct, a good time to start something and a hard time to wait.
Source: Computed from the Moon–Sun elongation (astronomy-engine).
Computed with astronomy-engine, which follows the NASA JPL ephemerides. Times are Central (Daylight or Standard as the date falls) and UTC; a moon is one instant for the whole world, so only the clock changes with the zone.
How to use the month
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The week after the new moon is for beginning what you decided on at the dark of the moon. The full moon is when it shows, and the days after it are for looking honestly at how it went. The last week before the next new moon is for finishing and clearing. That is the whole method, and the app runs a planner on it for people who run businesses.
The sign each moon falls in colors it. The lines under each moon above say what that sign is like; the house wheel says which of your own houses it lands in, from your rising sign.
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