Index
- What are the phases of the moon?
- Why do we see the same face of the Moon?
- Moon Phases for 2019
- Moon phases for 2020
What are the phases of the moon?
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite, and the second brightest celestial body in the sky is behind the Sun. It has no brightness of its own, the light we see at night reflected off the Moon is sunlight.
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As the Moon rotates around the Earth in an elliptical motion called a revolution, the satellite goes through four different stages over a period of 27 days, 7 hours, and 43 minutes. Each phase of the Moon lasts approximately 7 days. The Moon also has movements of rotation (around itself) and translation (around the Sun).
At four phases of the moon in order of luminosity evolution they are:
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New Moon: The Moon can hardly be seen, as its face is in the shadows, being poorly lit by the Sun.
New Moon -
Crescent moon: At this stage we see only a small part of the Moon, one of the half of its faces. The illuminated side is the opposite phase of the waning moon. It is the transition phase from New Moon to Full Moon.
Crescent moon -
Full moon: loved by werewolves, horror movies and passionate lovers, this most impressive phase of the Moon, in which the Sun's light fully the entire face of the Moon that is facing the Earth.
Full moon -
waning moon: the intense luminosity of the Sun that happened during the Full Moon is diminished and what we can observe is a half of the face of the Moon being illuminated, the opposite face of the Crescent Moon.
waning moon
As an influence of rural customs, people use moon phases for haircuts, fishing and planting. And the phases of the Moon also influence the tidal height of the oceans.
Why do we see the same face of the Moon?
The rotation and revolution movements of the Moon have the same duration, so we always see the face of the Moon from here on Earth.
Check out the Moon phases for 2019 and 2020
Moon Phases for 2019
| moon phase | Date | Hour | Distance from Moon to Earth |
| New Moon | January 5, 2019 | 23:29:52 | 402,081 km |
| first bedroom | January 14, 2019 | 04:46:15 | 392,053 km |
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Full moon (Supermoon) |
January 21, 2019 | 03:17:10 | 364,209 km |
| last room | 27 January 2019 | 19:12:23 | 378,820 km |
| New Moon | 4 February 2019 | 19:04:53 | 405,427 km |
| first bedroom | 12 February 2019 | 20:26:34 | 382,297 km |
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Full moon (Supermoon) |
February 19, 2019 | 12:53:58 | 363,508 km |
| last room | 26 February 2019 | 08:29:41 | 388,522 km |
| New Moon | 6 March 2019 | 13:05:27 | 403,835 km |
| first bedroom | March 14, 2019 | 07:26:58 | 373,325 km |
| Full moon | 20 March 2019 | 22:43:00 | 366,652 km |
| last room | 28 March 2019 | 01:11:27 | 397,494 km |
| New Moon | April 5, 2019 | 05:52:22 | 397,933 km |
| first bedroom | April 12, 2019 | 16:06:03 | 366,798 km |
| Full moon | April 19, 2019 | 08:12:18 | 373,019 km |
| last room | 26 april 2019 | 19:19:26 | 403,605 km |
| New Moon | May 4, 2019 | 19:47:01 | 389,351 km |
| first bedroom | May 11, 2019 | 22:13:00 | 363,587 km |
| Full moon | May 18, 2019 | 18:11:36 | 381,569 km |
| last room | May 26, 2019 | 13:34:31 | 405,486 km |
| New Moon | June 3, 2019 | 07:02:59 | 380,052 km |
| first bedroom | June 10, 2019 | 03:00:34 | 363,919 km |
| Full moon | June 17, 2019 | 05:31:18 | 390,840 km |
| last room | 25 June 2019 | 06:48:00 | 402,883 km |
| New Moon | 2 July 2019 | 16:17:10 | 371,829 km |
| first bedroom | 9 July 2019 | 07:56:32 | 367,627 km |
| Full moon | July 16, 2019 | 18:39:31 | 399,003 km |
| last room | 24 July 2019 | 22:20:29 | 396,502 km |
| New Moon | August 1, 2019 | 00:12:55 | 366,016 km |
| first bedroom | 7 august 2019 | 14:32:41 | 374,261 km |
| Full moon | August 15, 2019 | 09:31:17 | 404,254 km |
| last room | 23 august 2019 | 11:58:55 | 387,739 km |
| New Moon | 30 august 2019 | 07:38:20 | 363,403 km |
| first bedroom | 6 September 2019 | 00:11:49 | 382,998 km |
| Full moon | 14 september 2019 | 01:35:23 | 405,355 km |
| last room | 21 September 2019 | 23:43:32 | 378,406 km |
| New Moon | 28 september 2019 | 15:27:54 | 364,335 km |
| first bedroom | 5 october 2019 | 13:48:04 | 392,414 km |
| Full moon | 13 october 2019 | 18:10:50 | 401,950 km |
| last room | October 21, 2019 | 09:41:37 | 370,348 km |
| New Moon | 28 october 2019 | 00:40:15 | 368,829 km |
| first bedroom | 4 November 2019 | 08:23:38 | 400,459 km |
| Full moon | 12 November 2019 | 11:37:24 | 394,664 km |
| last room | November 19, 2019 | 19:13:09 | 365,028 km |
| New Moon | 26 November 2019 | 13:07:41 | 376,481 km |
| first bedroom | December 4, 2019 | 04:58:54 | 405,002 km |
| Full moon | December 12, 2019 | 03:14:52 | 385,110 km |
| last room | December 19, 2019 | 02:59:20 | 363,303 km |
| New Moon | December 26, 2019 | 03:15:31 | 386,117 km |
Moon phases for 2020
| moon phase | Date | Hour | Distance from Moon to Earth |
| first bedroom | January 3, 2020 | 02:46:52 | 404,720 km |
| Full moon | January 10, 2020 | 17:23:14 | 375,551 km |
| last room | January 17, 2020 | 11:00:35 | 365,446 km |
| New Moon | 24 January 2020 | 19:44:11 | 395,643 km |
| first bedroom | 1 February 2020 | 23:43:28 | 399,638 km |
| Full moon | 9 February 2020 | 05:34:35 | 368,086 km |
| last room | February 15, 2020 | 20:19:09 | 371,193 km |
| New Moon | 23 february 2020 | 12:33:44 | 402,659 km |
| first bedroom | 2 March 2020 | 16:58:38 | 391,152 km |
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Full moon (Supermoon) |
9 March 2020 | 14:48:35 | 363,972 km |
| last room | 16 March 2020 | 06:35:39 | 379,654 km |
| New Moon | 24 March 2020 | 06:29:36 | 405,482 km |
| first bedroom | April 1, 2020 | 07:21:52 | 381,507 km |
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Full moon (Supermoon) |
7 april 2020 | 23:35:36 | 363,595 km |
| last room | 14 april 2020 | 19:56:57 | 389,226 km |
| New Moon | 22 april 2020 | 23:27:00 | 403,628 km |
| first bedroom | 30 april 2020 | 17:38:44 | 372,866 km |
| Full moon | 7 May 2020 | 07:45:35 | 366,824 km |
| last room | May 14, 2020 | 11:03:18 | 397,862 km |
| New Moon | May 22, 2020 | 14:39:49 | 397,706 km |
| first bedroom | May 30th 2020 | 00:30:22 | 366,659 km |
| Full moon | 5 June 2020 | 16:12:43 | 373,171 km |
| last room | 13 June 2020 | 03:24:59 | 403,686 km |
| New Moon | 21 June 2020 | 03:42:16 | 389,168 km |
| first bedroom | 28 June 2020 | 05:16:30 | 363,582 km |
| Full moon | 5 July 2020 | 01:44:57 | 381,705 km |
| last room | 12 July 2020 | 20:31:28 | 405,486 km |
| New Moon | 20 July 2020 | 14:33:36 | 379,915 km |
| first bedroom | 27 July 2020 | 09:33:47 | 363,906 km |
| Full moon | 3 august 2020 | 12:59:38 | 390,962 km |
| last room | 11 august 2020 | 13:47:48 | 402,869 km |
| New Moon | 18 august 2020 | 23:42:15 | 371,739 km |
| first bedroom | 25 august 2020 | 14:59:11 | 367,644 km |
| Full moon | 2 september 2020 | 02:23:12 | 399,109 km |
| last room | 10 september 2020 | 06:28:18 | 396,329 km |
| New Moon | 17 september 2020 | 08:00:59 | 365,948 km |
| first bedroom | 23 september 2020 | 22:56:34 | 374,481 km |
| Full moon | 1 october 2020 | 18:06:55 | 404,339 km |
| last room | 9 october 2020 | 21:41:24 | 387,283 km |
| New Moon | 16 october 2020 | 16:32:14 | 363,376 km |
| first bedroom | 23 october 2020 | 10:24:17 | 383,528 km |
| Full moon | 31 october 2020 | 11:51:29 | 405,290 km |
| last room | 8 November 2020 | 11:47:38 | 377,767 km |
| New Moon | 15 November 2020 | 03:08:54 | 364,518 km |
| first bedroom | 22 November 2020 | 02:45:54 | 393,127 km |
| Full moon | November 30, 2020 | 07:32:04 | 401,475 km |
| last room | 7 December 2020 | 22:37:59 | 369,764 km |
| New Moon | December 14, 2020 | 14:18:45 | 369,453 km |
| first bedroom | 21 December 2020 | 21:42:31 | 401,055 km |
| Full moon | December 30, 2020 | 01:30:24 | 393,694 km |
(Sources: EscolaKids, Toda Materia, Calendario-365)
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