Posted on 11/21/2018 6:03:02 PM PST by BenLurkin
The exact moment of full moon is 12:39 a.m. EST on Friday, Nov. 23 and 9:39 p.m. PST on Thursday, Nov. 22. At that moment, the moon will be 100% illuminated by the sun, something that isn't always visible from the U.S. However, looking at the Beaver Moon at the precise time is not always easy. If the night sky is clear, it will be just too bright to look at.
How to observe the Beaver Moon
At dusk on Nov. 22, position yourself somewhere with a good view of the eastern horizon and, if it's clear, you will see a pale orange moon appear. As it rises it will gradually increase in brightness and turn yellowish. As it's just rising, it can look huge, especially if you see it between two buildings. It's an illusion. The human brain usually sees the moon as larger when it's positioned lower down in the sky.
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Platypus tails are furry...
[she just had it stuffed!]
He might get an eye-full in more ways than one...
If you look too early that would be the Sun.
Can you believe we are so dumbed down that somebody had to print instructions on how to see a full moon...AND got it wrong??
"-- BS." No, it is true. According to the NASA, a shade 14 welding lens is the only lens adequate and safe for viewing the full moon. I just looked it up.
No, October is the Harvest Moon. It even notes in the article that November is also called the Hunter’s Moon.
Also the Anglo-Saxons called it Blodmonath, the Blood Month, because that was when they slaughtered most of their livestock just leaving a few for breeding.
Happy Thanksgiving, FRiend.
You asked for it...
My daughter has anatomically correct baby dolls, so sometimes you walk by the playroom and see a few full beaver moons.
Bald beaver with no tail even. Good job. 8>)
Ward, weren’t you a little hard on the Beaver last night?
But I read it on InterDarkVebs that Oktobre was the Hunter’s Moon.
On checking a few sources I’ve seen both October and November referred to as Hunter’s Moon. I guess it depended where you were. What I had always heard was end of the harvest was celebrated at Halloween, allowing the men to go hunting in Nov.
It is somewhat in the realm of arcana. LOL. with all of the Gorebull warming/cooling/changing/staying-the-same it’s hard to say what we’ll be calling them a hundred years from now.
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