SOUTHEAST FLORIDA DRUM/DANCE CIRCLE NEWSLETTER
SPECIAL CALENDAR EDITION
Friday 25 January 2007


Dear Drummers and Dancers,

Happy New Year from the SE Florida Drum Circle Newsletter!

As a community service, for those leaders who schedule and lead drum
circles and other celebrations, here are the full and new Moons, the
solstices and equinoxes (starting days of the 4 seasons), and the day-
light savings start and end dates, for 2008 for Florida (Eastern Time
Zone).

This info is obtained from the U.S. Naval Observatory website at:
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/EarthSeasons.php and is specific
for where we live. To convert the times in the Naval Observatory
charts to Eastern time, subtract 5 hours - we are 5 time zones west
of Greenwich, the universal time zone that they use in the charts.

Information taken off printed calendars, and other sources, is often in-
accurate - sometimes off by an entire day! - because they are printed in,
or calculated for, a distant time zone (say Pacific Time). For example,
say that the full Moon falls later on a Tuesday night here in our Eastern
Time Zone, but falls early morning on Wednesday in California, not just
because of time differences, but because of distance in miles around the
Earth's circumference. So if we mistakenly waited to celebrate the full
Moon till Wednesday night, in this example, we'd already be almost an en-
tire day off (the Moon would be 1/14 or 7% past it's fullness by that
time).

So here are the true, local times. The ambitious among you can mark
these on your calendar and be prepared for the whole year.



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FULL MOONS - 2008 - FLORIDA
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January 22nd, Tuesday, 8:36am
February 20th, Wednesday, 10:32pm
March 21st, Friday 1:42pm (2:42pm Daylight Savings Time)
April 20th, Sunday, 5:27am (6:27am Daylight Savings Time)
May 19th, Monday, 9:13pm (10:13pm Daylight Savings Time)
June 18th, Wednesday, 12:32pm (1:32pm Daylight Savings Time)
July 18th, Friday, 3:00am (4:00am Daylight Savings Time)
[thus a celebration on Thursday night would be closer]
August 16th, Saturday, 4:18pm (5:18pm Daylight Savings Time)
September 15th, Monday, 4:15am (5:15am Daylight Savings Time)
[thus a celebration on Sunday night would be closer]
October 14th, Tuesday, 3:04pm (4:04pm Daylight Savings Time)
November 13th, Thursday, 1:19am
[thus a celebration on Wednesday night would be closer]
December 12th, Friday, 11:39am


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NEW MOONS - 2008 - FLORIDA
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January 8th, Tuesday, 6:38am
February 6th, Wednesday, 10:45pm
March 7th, Friday, 12:15pm (1:15pm Daylight Savings Time)
April 5th, Saturday, 10:56pm (11:56pm Daylight Savings Time)
May 5th, Monday, 7:19am (8:19am Daylight Savings Time)
June 3rd, Tuesday, 2:23pm (3:23pm Daylight Savings Time)
July 2nd, Wednesday, 9:19pm (10:19pm Daylight Savings Time)
August 1st, Friday, 5:13am (6:13am Daylight Savings Time)
[thus a celebration Thursday night would be closer]
August 30th, Saturday, 2:59pm (3:59pm Daylight Savings Time)
September 29th, Monday, 3:13am (4:13am Daylight Savings Time)
[thus a celebration Sunday night would be closer]
October 28th, Tuesday, 6:15pm (7:15pm Daylight Savings Time)
November 27th, Thursday, 11:55am
December 27th, Saturday, 7:23am
[thus a celebration Friday night would be slightly closer]


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SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES - 2008 - FLORIDA
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March 20th, Thursday, 12:48am (1:48am Daylight Savings Time)
Equinox, 1st day of Spring
[thus a celebration WEDNESDAY night would be closer to the actual
time of the equinox]
June 18th, Wednesday, 12:32pm (1:32pm Daylight Savings Time)
Solstice, 1st day of Summer
Sun reaches its 'northernmost' movement & begins diminishing, long-
est day, beginning the 'dark half' of the year
September 22nd, Monday, 10:44am (11:44am Daylight Savings Time)
Equinox, 1st day of Autumn
December 21st, Sunday, 7:04am
Solstice, 1st day of Winter
Sun reaches its 'southernmost' movement & begins increasing, long-
est night, beginning the 'light half' of the year


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DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME - 2008 - USA
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BEGINS - March 9th, Sunday (set your clocks ahead one hour at 12:01am)
ENDS - November 2nd, Sunday (set your clocks back one hour at 12:01am)




Namaste,

Michael
Publisher: Southeast Florida Drum Circle Newsletter
SoutheastFloridaDrumCircleCommunity-owner@yahoogroups.com
561-350-3930



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