Days are shorter, nights are longer. We’re entering the nighttime of the year.
In our silhouetted landscape, moonrises are spectacular. (This is the Breaver, or Frost, or Snow Moon that occurs in November.)
The heavy moon is huge when it first emerges. Really huge.
As it rises, it becomes smaller in proportion to the horizon.
Just like us.
(Still fiddling with a new camera.) The night of the Harvest Moon was too foggy to really see it. This was the next night.
It was bright orange as it came up over the horizon.
And got brighter and whiter as it rose, spreading sparkles over the water. You’ll notice that it’s not fully round — the top right edge is soft.
(Raw video)
The names of the full moons are – - January — Full Wolf Moon; February — Full Snow Moon, March – Full Worm Moon; April – Full Pink Moon; May – Full Flower Moon; June – Full Strawberry Moon; July – Full Buck Moon; August – Full Sturgeon Moon; September -- Full Corn Moon; October – Full Harvest Moon; November – Full Beaver Moon; December – Full Cold Moon.
A Blue Moon is the second full moon in one month.
The names are a mix of the names both the Indians and the European settlers used. There’s a bit more info at The Farmers Almanac.
These pics were taken before the moon bombing, a very interesting project by NASA.
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