What's Up?
Apologies. Due to time constraints, we will not be regularly updating this What's Up page for a while.
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Anyway, here is a summary of moon phases for 2023.
Don't forget International Observe the Moon Night on 21 October 2023.
Special Moon Events in 2023 (from timeanddate.com)
- Micro Full Moon: 7 Jan
- Super New Moon: 22 Jan
- Micro Full Moon: 6 Feb
- Super New Moon: 20 Feb
- Penumbral Lunar Eclipse visible in Brisbane on 6 May
- Black Moon: 20 May (third New Moon in a season with four New Moons)
- Super Full Moon: 2 Aug
- Micro New Moon: 16 Aug
- Blue Moon: 31 Aug (second Full Moon in single calendar month)
- Super Full Moon: 31 Aug
- Partial Lunar Eclipse (Penumbral Lunar Eclipse, as seen from Brisbane on 29 Oct
