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Moon positions 2014-15

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 01, 2014

 

There are 3 main lunar cycles used in astrometeorology; phase, perigee/apogee and declination. The peaks and troughs of these can create atmospheric disturbances, resulting in changes in temperature and switches in wind patterns.

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Because its orbit around the Earth is elliptical, the Moon is alternately closer to and further away from the Earth in its journey. This lunar cycle takes around 27.5 days, and has a closest point known as the 'perigee' (P) and a most distant point called 'apogee' (A) As seen from the Earth and due the Moon's stage in this cycle, the Moon is in front of different constellations for shorter and longer periods, with a variance of 30%. At perigee the Moon appears to be larger and move faster gainst the zodiac, and exerts a a greater pull on the tides.

In ancient times tribes in NZ fished just before and just after perigee day. On perigee days the water was too rough and fish stayed out in the deep. The Maori planting calendar dictated that crops were sown at apogee. Apogee sowing allows tiny shoots to become quickly established because there is less turbulance in the ground, and less heaving too and fro. Perigee sowings inhibit growth probably because.increased energy puts positive and negative ions in conflict, which would be akin to increased currents deep beneath the ocean sapping the growing energy of small fish which would have to work harder just to stay in the same place.

Gardeners have observed that if one repeatedly sows at apogee plants become like climbing plants. It becomes a catastrophe if sowing takes place at perigee because plants then appear as if pushed into the Earth and cannot properly unfold their upper parts. When the moon recedes from the earth it is like a lunar summer - plants go to seed. Apogee can assist seed crops, but definitely not for leaf crops. Carrots become woody. Potato does well at apogee. Perigee is like mid winter - poor germination, fungus and inhibited growth.

We can apply the same comparisons to seasonal weather. With perigee comes turbulence in air, sea and land. Apogee brings calm but also release of tension and built-up stress which can bring earthquake activity that was not released during perigee. Most extreme weather events occur around or in the week of perigee. Earthquakes alone are twice as likely in the week around any perigee. When perigee arrives it exaggerates whatever the season happens to be. The extreme heat and fires across Australia have occurred in the week around the January perigee. As soon as perigee is over an extreme event suddenly loses steam.

Phase is the cycle we can all see clearly when we look at the Moon, meaning new moon (N) to full moon (F) and back, and is a 29.5-day cycle.  Phase is responsible for the daily air tide. On new moon days, rain, if about, is mostly at night, whereas full moon nights are serene and clear. On the 1stQ night (1st) any rain is mostly in the morning, whereas lastQ days (3rd) see either intense summer heat or winter rain in afternoons. The rule is that if the Moon is in the sky it is less likely to rain, and this is during daylight hours for the new moon period, afternoons for 1stQ, overnight for full moons and mornings for last quarters.

Declination determines which latitude the Moon is at, as it changes latitudes according to a 27.3-day cycle. The changes in latitude are as the Moon treks from its monthly southernmost point (V), across the equator (XhN) to the northernmost point (^) about 13.6 days later, and back across the equator (XhS) to the southern declination. As the Moon changes hemispheres it causes changes in air pressures (barometer). The Moon at this time is shifting huge volumes of water, and as surface currents interface with low level winds, wind directions correlate with changes in declination.

These trends and potentials are universal because the whole Earth rotates beneath the same Moon every 24-hr day, but the same changes will not occur in every location simply because of geographic (latitude) and topographic (shape of land) factors that derive local microclimates. But generally speaking the potentials can be applied at a local level over a general area of about 50-mile radius fairly successfully, and especially longterm.

In the list below are the lunar positions for the southern hemisphere. Some dates may be a day either side for the northern hemisphere because of the 12-hour difference. Also, daylight saving may make a slight difference for timing that occurs around midnight.

For more information about lunar cycles see http://www.predictweather.co.nz/Details.aspx?id=51

For ALL positions 2014-30, a free document for subscribers, see http://www.predictweather.co.nz/Details.aspx?id=343

 

For any other queries email ken@predictweather.co.nz

Moon positions for 2014-15

 

 

Abbreviations for moon: 

F=full moon

N=new moon

1stQ=first quarter,

 

lastQ=last quarter,

 

P=perigee,(P#4=fourth closest for the year),

A=apogee,

 

 

 

XhS=moon crossing equator heading south,

XhN=moon crossing equator heading north,

^=northern declination,

 

V=southern declination,

 

2014

JAN

1st

Wed

N

2014

JAN

2nd

Thur

P2

2014

JAN

6th

Mon

XhN

2014

JAN

8th

Wed

1stQ

2014

JAN

13th

Mon

^

2014

JAN

16th

Thur

A, F

2014

JAN

21st

Tues

XhS

2014

JAN

24th

Fri

3rd

2014

JAN

28th

Tues

V

2014

JAN

30th

Thur

P3

2014

FEB

1st

Sat

N

2014

FEB

3rd

Mon

XhN

2014

FEB

7th

Fri

1stQ

2014

FEB

10th

Mon

^

2014

FEB

12th

Wed

A

2014

FEB

15th

Sat

F

2014

FEB

17th

Mon

XhS

2014

FEB

23rd

Sun

3rd

2014

FEB

24th

Mon

V

2014

FEB

28th

Fri

P6

2014

MAR

1st

Sat

N

2014

MAR

2nd

Sun

XhN

2014

MAR

9th

Sun

^, 1stQ

2014

MAR

12th

Wed

A

2014

MAR

17th

Mon

F, XhS

2014

MAR

23rd

Sun

V

2014

MAR

24th

Mon

3rd

2014

MAR

28th

Fri

P10

2014

MAR

30th

Sun

XhN

2014

APR

1st

Tues

N

2014

APR

5th

Sat

^

2014

APR

7th

Mon

1stQ

2014

APR

9th

Wed

A

2014

APR

13th

Sun

XhS

2014

APR

15th

Tues

F

2014

APR

20th

Sun

V

2014

APR

22nd

Tues

3rd

2014

APR

23rd

Wed

P13

2014

APR

26th

Sat

XhN

2014

APR

29th

Tues

N

2014

MAY

3rd

Sat

^

2014

MAY

6th

Tues

A

2014

MAY

7th

Wed

1stQ

2014

MAY

10th

Sat

XhS

2014

MAY

15th

Thur

F

2014

MAY

17th

Sat

V

2014

MAY

18th

Sun

P11

2014

MAY

22nd

Thur

3rd

2014

MAY

23rd

Fri

XhN

2014

MAY

29th

Thur

N

2014

MAY

30th

Fri

^

2014

JUNE

3rd

Tues

A

2014

JUNE

6th

Fri

1stQ

2014

JUNE

7th

Sat

XhS

2014

JUNE

13th

Fri

F, V

2014

JUNE

15th

Sun

P7

2014

JUNE

20th

Fri

XhN, 3rd

2014

JUNE

27th

Fri

N, ^

2014

JUL

1st

Tues

A

2014

JUL

4th

Fri

XhS

2014

JUL

6th

Sun

1stQ

2014

JUL

11th

Fri

V

2014

JUL

12th

Sat

F

2014

JUL

13th

Sun

P4

2014

JUL

17th

Thur

XhN

2014

JUL

19th

Sat

3rd

2014

JUL

24th

Thur

^

2014

JUL

27th

Sun

N

2014

JUL

28th

Mon

A

2014

JUL

31st

Thur

XhS

2014

AUG

4th

Mon

1stQ

2014

AUG

7th

Thur

V

2014

AUG

11th

Mon

P1, F

2014

AUG

13th

Wed

XhN

2014

AUG

18th

Mon

3rd

2014

AUG

20th

Wed

^

2014

AUG

24th

Sun

A

2014

AUG

26th

Tues

N

2014

AUG

28th

Thur

XhS

2014

SEP

2nd

Tues

1stQ

2014

SEP

4th

Thur

V

2014

SEP

8th

Mon

P5

2014

SEP

9th

Tues

F

2014

SEP

10th

Wed

XhN

2014

SEP

16th

Tues

^, 3rd

2014

SEP

21st

Sun

A

2014

SEP

24th

Wed

N, XhS

2014

OCT

1st

Wed

V

2014

OCT

2nd

Thur

1stQ

2014

OCT

6th

Mon

P8

2014

OCT

7th

Tues

XhN

2014

OCT

8th

Wed

F

2014

OCT

14th

Tues

^

2014

OCT

16th

Thur

3rd

2014

OCT

18th

Sat

A

2014

OCT

21st

Tues

XhS

2014

OCT

24th

Fri

N

2014

OCT

28th

Tues

V

2014

OCT

31st

Fri

1stQ

2014

NOV

3rd

Mon

P12

2014

NOV

4th

Tues

XhN

2014

NOV

6th

Thur

F

2014

NOV

10th

Mon

^

2014

NOV

15th

Sat

A, 3rd

2014

NOV

18th

Tues

XhS

2014

NOV

23rd

Sun

N

2014

NOV

25th

Tues

V

2014

NOV

28th

Fri

P14

2014

NOV

29th

Sat

1stQ

2014

DEC

1st

Mon

XhN

2014

DEC

7th

Sun

F, ^

2014

DEC

13th

Sat

A

2014

DEC

15th

Mon

XhS, 3rd

2014

DEC

22nd

Mon

N, V

2014

DEC

25th

Thur

P9

2014

DEC

28th

Sun

XhN

2014

DEC

29th

Mon

1stQ

2015

JAN

4th

Sun

^

2015

JAN

5th

Mon

F

2015

JAN

10th

Sat

A

2015

JAN

11th

Sun

XhS

2015

JAN

13th

Tues

3rd

2015

JAN

18th

Sun

V

2015

JAN

21st

Wed

N

2015

JAN

22nd

Thur

P6

2015

JAN

24th

Sat

XhN

2015

JAN

27th

Tues

1stQ

2015

JAN

31st

Sat

^

2015

FEB

4th

Wed

F

2015

FEB

6th

Fri

A

2015

FEB

8th

Sun

XhS

2015

FEB

12th

Thur

3rd

2015

FEB

15th

Sun

V

2015

FEB

19th

Thur

P2, N

2015

FEB

21st

Sat

XhN

2015

FEB

26th

Thur

1stQ

2015

FEB

27th

Fri

^

2015

MAR

5th

Thur

A

2015

MAR

6th

Fri

F

2015

MAR

7th

Sat

XhS

2015

MAR

14th

Sat

V, 3rd

2015

MAR

20th

Fri

P3, N, XhN

2015

MAR

27th

Fri

^, 1stQ

2015

APR

2nd

Thur

A

2015

APR

3rd

Fri

XhS

2015

APR

5th

Sun

F

2015

APR

10th

Fri

V

2015

APR

12th

Sun

3rd

2015

APR

17th

Fri

P7, XhN

2015

APR

19th

Sun

N

2015

APR

23rd

Thur

^

2015

APR

26th

Sun

1stQ

2015

APR

29th

Wed

A

2015

APR

30th

Thur

XhS

2015

MAY

4th

Mon

F

2015

MAY

8th

Fri

V

2015

MAY

11th

Mon

3rd

2015

MAY

14th

Thur

XhN

2015

MAY

15th

Fri

P10

2015

MAY

18th

Mon

N

2015

MAY

21st

Thur

^

2015

MAY

26th

Tues

1stQ

2015

MAY

27th

Wed

A

2015

MAY

28th

Thur

XhS

2015

JUNE

3rd

Wed

F

2015

JUNE

4th

Thur

V

2015

JUNE

10th

Wed

P13, XhN, 3rd

2015

JUNE

17th

Wed

N, ^

2015

JUNE

24th

Wed

A, XhS, 1stQ

2015

JUL

1st

Wed

V

2015

JUL

2nd

Thur

F

2015

JUL

6th

Mon

P11

2015

JUL

8th

Wed

XhN

2015

JUL

9th

Thur

3rd

2015

JUL

14th

Tues

^

2015

JUL

16th

Thur

N

2015

JUL

21st

Tues

A

2015

JUL

22nd

Wed

XhS

2015

JUL

24th

Fri

1stQ

2015

JUL

29th

Wed

V

2015

JUL

31st

Fri

F

2015

AUG

1st

Sat

P8

2015

AUG

4th

Tues

XhN

2015

AUG

7th

Fri

3rd

2015

AUG

11th

Tues

^

2015

AUG

15th

Sat

N

2015

AUG

18th

Tues

A, XhS

2015

AUG

23rd

Sun

1stQ

2015

AUG

25th

Tues

V

2015

AUG

30th

Sun

F

2015

AUG

31st

Mon

P4, XhN

2015

SEP

5th

Sat

3rd

2015

SEP

7th

Mon

^

2015

SEP

13th

Sun

N

2015

SEP

14th

Mon

A, XhS

2015

SEP

21st

Mon

1stQ

2015

SEP

22nd

Tues

V

2015

SEP

28th

Mon

P1, F, XhN

2015

OCT

4th

Sun

^

2015

OCT

5th

Mon

3rd

2015

OCT

11th

Sun

XhS

2015

OCT

12th

Mon

A

2015

OCT

13th

Tues

N

2015

OCT

19th

Mon

V

2015

OCT

21st

Wed

1stQ

2015

OCT

25th

Sun

XhN

2015

OCT

27th

Tues

P5

2015

OCT

28th

Wed

F

2015

OCT

31st

Sat

^

2015

NOV

4th

Wed

3rd

2015

NOV

8th

Sun

A, XhS

2015

NOV

12th

Thur

N

2015

NOV

15th

Sun

V

2015

NOV

19th

Thur

1stQ

2015

NOV

22nd

Sun

XhN

2015

NOV

24th

Tues

P9

2015

NOV

26th

Thur

F

2015

NOV

28th

Sat

^

2015

DEC

3rd

Thur

3rd

2015

DEC

5th

Sat

XhS

2015

DEC

6th

Sun

A

2015

DEC

11th

Fri

N

2015

DEC

12th

Sat

V

2015

DEC

19th

Sat

XhN, 1stQ

2015

DEC

21st

Mon

P12

2015

DEC

25th

Fri

F

2015

DEC

26th

Sat

^

© Ken Ring 2014

For ALL positions 2014-30, a free document for subscribers, see http://www.predictweather.co.nz/Details.aspx?id=343

 


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