December’s Cold Moon will reach peak fullness at 11:36 p.m. EST on Saturday the 18th, just three days prior to winter solstice. It will rise in the late afternoon at 4:02 p.m. and remain in the sky until 7:48 a.m. on Sunday the 19th.
To the right of the rising moon, three planets – Jupiter, Saturn and Venus – will be visible to the naked eye aligned in a 45 degree angle relative to the horizon…
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November’s Full Beaver Moon, a near-total lunar eclipse, will happen early in the morning on Friday, the 19th, and will last three hours, 28 minutes and 24 seconds – the longest in 580 years. This month’s moon will also appear to be full from Wednesday night through Saturday morning.
I wonder what the people viewing the last long eclipse in 1441 were thinking…
For more information, visit NASA’s Full Moon Guide or The Old Farmer’s Almanac!
Positively Moonstruck! 