The Concordance Eclipse will be at its astronomical maximum at precisely the same moment in all locations around the world. However, this presents some problems to the logistics of coordinating a simultaneous global Ceremony,

The local apparent time (i.e. your clock time) that you will see the eclipse -- for those who can see the moon from their locations -- will be different at each longitude/latitude coordinate. For example, in the Eastern Time zone, the one covering the East Coast of the United States, the eclipse will be visible at widely different times from the eastern edge of the time zone to the western border of it. In Bangor Maine, it will be at “visible maximum” at 8:58:24 p.m. In New York City, it will appear at 8:33:29 and in Dayton Ohio, people will see it reach its absolute totality at 7:52:44. Yet each of these cities is in the same time zone.

Here is the conundrum. Obviously, the optimal moment for any Full Moon Ceremony is at its maximum visibility, and those who are in a position to do so might wish to be out “under the stars” at the moment of the apparent eclipse. However, meditations and prayers held at such wide-ranging times might not be as effective as one simultaneous “chord.”

Therefore, in order to raise the One Voice of common intent in the same moment, we suggest that ceremonies around the world begin on the hour of the eclipse maximum in your specific time zone (see the Time Zone Co-ordination List below) with the peak of intention expressed at 13 minutes after the hour and last for 12 minutes after the maximum until 25 minutes after. We feel that this will insure the maximum “ Voice” for this Prayer of Conscious Intent and ask that you coordinate your efforts so that you may join with hundreds of thousands of others world wide during this time

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