Nature Calendar for 2006
This calendar contains information on nature happenings for 2006. It is offered as a help in keeping a nature journal or simply tracking the seasons. See the page on Nature Calendars for ways to use the dates and enhance your study of nature.
You can also add your own dates
Some suggestions of dates to add include: - frosts dates for your area
- seasonal food availability dates
- daily temperature highs and lows
- rain and snowfall
- first appearance of insects, buds, and spring bulbs
As time passes you will have a great resource to study phenology and other patterns of seasonal changes.
August
- August 2 - Moon, First Quarter
- August 9 - Full Moon
- August 16 - Moon, Last Quarter
- August 23 - New Moon
- August 26 - December 31st - Morning star - Saturn
- August 31 - Moon, First Quarter
September
- September 1 - 19th - Morning Star - Venus
- September 1 - September 7th - Evening Star - Mars
- September 7 - Full Moon
- September 7 - Partial eclipse of the Moon. Visible from parts of Antarctica, Australia, Asia, Africa, and Europe including the British Isles.
- September 14 - Moon, Last Quarter
- September 22 - New Moon
- September 22 - Annular eclipse of the Sun. Visible in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, the South Atlantic Ocean, and ends southwest of the Kerguelen Islands.
- September 22 - Autumnal Equinox, 11:03 P.M. EDT, Sun enters sign of Libra, fall begins
- September 30 - Moon, First Quarter
October
- October 7 - Full Moon, Harvest Moon (Northern Hemisphere)
- October 14 - Moon, Last Quarter
- October 22 - New Moon
- October 29 - Daylight Saving Time Ends - clocks set back one hour
- October 29 - Moon, First Quarter
November
- November 5 - Full Moon, Hunter’s Moon (Northern Hemisphere)
- November 12 - Moon, Last Quarter
- November 20 - New Moon
- November 28 - Moon, First Quarter
- November 30 - Atlantic Ocean hurricane season ends
December
- December 5 - Full Moon
- December 5 - December 31 - Morning star - Jupiter
- December 8 - December 31 - Evening star - Venus
- December 10 - December 31 - Morning star - Mars
- December 12 - Moon, Last Quarter
- December 21 - 7:22 PM EST - Winter Solstice. Sun enters the sign of Capricorn; winter begins
- December 20 - New Moon
- December 27 - Moon, First Quarter
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