January

New Moon=Tue 8 | FirstQ=Tue 15 | Full=Tue 22, Wolf Moon | LastQ=Wed 30

Fri 4

Formal Meeting

Tue 15

Maude Wilkins Star Watch at Howard Yocum School in Maple Shade, NJ (private event)

Fri 25

Informal Meeting

February

New Moon=Wed 6 | FirstQ=Wed 13 | Full=Wed 21, Snow Moon | LastQ=Thur 28

Fri 1

Formal Meeting

Feb 4 - 10

Winter Star Party, Summerland Key, FL

Fri 29

Informal Meeting -- Show & Tell Night

March

New Moon=Fri 7 | FirstQ=Fri 14 | Full=Fri 21, Worm Moon | LastQ=Fri 28

Fri 7

Formal Meeting

Sat 8

Messier Marathon -- best Saturday night date (backup date is Saturday, April 5)

Sun 9

Daylight Savings Time begins

Tue 11

Rowan University, Maria Mitchell lecture, Edelman Planetarium, 7:00 pm

Tue. 20

Equinox -- 1:48 am EDT (the Vernal Equinox for the Northern Hemisphere)

Wed 26

Rowan University, Spring Equinox Lecture, Rowan Hall, 7:00 pm

Fri 28

Informal Meeting

April

New Moon=Sat 5 | FirstQ=Sat 12 | Full=Sun 20, Pink Moon | LastQ=Mon 28

Apr 2 - 6

DelMarVa Stargaze, Tuckahoe State Park, MD

Fri 4

Formal Meeting

Apr 4 - 6

South Jersey Spring Star Party, Belleplain State Forest, NJ

Sat 12

Public Star Watch at Batsto - 7:00 pm  to 11:00 pm (sunset at 7:34 pm EDT)
First Quarter Moon (about 53% illuminated), sets at 3:02 am EDT Sunday Apr 13
Primary targets: Moon, Saturn, Mars, constellations, stars and deep-sky objects

Fri 25

Informal Meeting

Apr 26 - 27

NEAF -- Northeast Astronomy Forum, Suffern, NY

May

New Moon=Mon 5 | FirstQ=Mon 12 | Full=Tue 20, Flower Moon | LastQ=Tue 27

Fri 2

Formal Meeting

Sat 24

Public Star Watch at Bass River - Sundown to 11:00 pm (sunset at 8:14 pm EDT)
Waning gibbous moon (about 79% illuminated) rises at 12:15 am EDT Sunday May 25
Primary targets: Moon, Saturn, constellations, stars and deep-sky objects

Mon 26

Memorial Day

Fri 30

Informal Meeting

May 29 - Jun 1

Cherry Springs Star Party, Cherry Springs State Park, PA

June

New Moon=Tue 3 | FirstQ=Tues 10 | Full=Wed 18, Strawberry Moon | LastQ=Thu 26

Jun 1 - 8

Texas Star Party, FT. Davis, TX

Wed 4

Camp Ockanickon (Private Star Watch, Cinnaminson Outdoor Education Program)

Fri 6

Formal Meeting

Sat 7

Public Star Watch at Batsto - Sundown to 11:00 pm (sunset at 8:24 pm EDT)
Waxing crescent moon (about 24% illuminated) sets at 12:05 am EDT Sunday June 8
Primary targets: Moon, Saturn, constellations, stars and deep-sky objects.

Sat 14

Club Picnic (backup date, Sat June 21)

Fri 20

Solstice -- 7:59 pm EDT (Summer begins in the Northern Hemisphere)

Fri 27

Informal Meeting

July

New Moon=Wed 2 | FirstQ=Thu 10 | Full=Fri 18, Buck Moon | LastQ=Fri 25

Fri 4

Independence Day

Sat 5

Public Star Watch at Bass River - Sundown to 11:00 pm (sunset at 8:29 pm EDT)
Waxing crescent moon (about 12% illuminated) sets at 10:31 pm EDT
Primary targets: Moon, Saturn, constellations, stars and deep-sky objects.

Fri 11

Formal Meeting (delayed one week due to the holiday on the first Friday of July)

Fri 25

Informal Meeting

Jul 30 - Aug 3

Mason-Dixon Star Party, Wellsville, PA

Jul 31 - Aug 3

Stellafane Convention, Springfield, VT

August

New Moon=Fri 1 | FirstQ=Fri 8 | Full=Sat 16, Sturgeon Moon | LastQ=Sat 23 | New Moon=Sat 30  

Fri 1

Formal Meeting

Sat 9

Public Star Watch at Batsto Village - Sundown to 11:00 pm (sunset at 8:02 pm EDT)
Waning gibbous moon (about 62% illuminated) sets at 12:05 am EDT Sunday Aug 10
Primary targets: Moon, Jupiter, Neptune, constellations, stars and deep-sky objects.

?

Drew's Solar Saturday Party

Fri 29

Informal Meeting

Sat 30

Public Star Watch at Bass River - Sundown to 11:00 pm (sunset at 7:31 pm EDT)
New moon sets at 7:22 pm EDT ( not visible)
Primary targets: Jupiter, Neptune, constellations, stars and deep-sky objects

September

FirstQ=Sun 7 | Full=Mon 15, Harvest Moon | LastQ=Mon 22 | New Moon=Mon 29

Mon 1

Labor Day

Fri 5

Formal Meeting

Sept 5 - 7

Black Forest Star Party, Cherry Springs State Park, PA

Sat 13

Club Picnic (backup date Sun 14)

Mon 22

Equinox -- 11:44 am EDT (the Autumnal Equinox for the Northern Hemisphere)

Fri 26

Informal Meeting

Sept 26 - 28

South Jersey Fall Star Party

Sat 27

Public Star Watch at Atsion Field - 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm (sunset at 6:47 pm EDT)
Waning crescent moon (less than two days from new) sets at 5:49 pm EDT
Primary targets: Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, constellations, stars and deep-sky objects
Note: This will be a new location for a WAS Public Star Watch, click here for directions.

October

FirstQ=Tue 7 | Full=Tue 14, Hunter's Moon | LastQ=Tue 21 | New Moon=Tue 28

Fri 3

Formal Meeting

Sat 4

Public Star Watch at Batsto Village - 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm (sunset at 6:35 pm EDT)
Waxing crescent moon (about 29% illuminated) sets at 9:22 pm EDT
Primary targets: Moon, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, constellations, stars and deep-sky objects

?

DelMarVa, Stella-Della and Jersey Star Quest star parties

Fri 31

Informal Meeting

November

FirstQ=Wed 5 | Full=Thu 13, Beaver Moon | LastQ=Wed 19 | New Moon=Thu 27

Sat 1

Public Star Watch at Batsto Village  - 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm (sunset at 5:56 pm)
Waxing crescent moon (about 15% illuminated) sets at 8:06 pm EDT
Primary targets: Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus, constellations, stars and deep-sky objects

Sun 2

Daylight Savings Time ends

Fri 7

Formal Meeting - Nominations for 2009 Officers

Fri 28

Informal Meeting - Nominations for 2009 Officers

December

FirstQ=Fri 5 | Full=Fri 12, Cold Moon | LastQ=Fri 19 | New Moon=Sat 27

Fri 5

Formal Meeting - Election of 2009 Officers

Sat 13

Holiday Party

Sun 21

Solstice -- 7:04 am EST (Winter begins for the Northern Hemisphere)

Fri 26

Informal Meeting