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Full Moon Dates/Lunar Eclipses for 2012

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January 8
Full Wolf Moon 11:30 pm (all times are PST/PDT - View Pacific Standard/Daylight Time in your time zone at timeanddate.com

February 7
Full Hunger Moon 1:55 pm

March 8
Full Crow Moon 1:41 am

April 6
Full Sprouting Grass Moon 12:20 pm - DST (U.S.) begins March 11, 2012

May 5
Full Flower Moon 8:36 pm

June 4
Full Rose Moon or Full Hot Moon 4:12 am

July 3
Full Thunder Moon 11:53 am

August 1
Full Red Moon 8:28 pm

August 31
"Once in a Blue Moon" 6:58 am

September 29
Full Harvest Moon 8:19 pm
This is the full Moon that occurs closest to the autumn equinox. In two years out of three, the Harvest Moon comes in September, but in some years it occurs in October. At the peak of harvest, farmers can work late into the night by the light of this Moon. Usually the full Moon rises an average of 50 minutes later each night, but for the few nights around the Harvest Moon, the Moon seems to rise at nearly the same time each night: just 25 to 30 minutes later across the U.S., and only 10 to 20 minutes later for much of Canada and Europe. Read more.

October 29
Full Hunter's Moon 12:50 pm

November 28
Full Frost Moon 6:46 am - DST ends on November 4, 2012

December 28
Full Long Nights Moon or Full Cold Moon 2:21 am