Astronomy
A Black Moon
26/11/24 09:38 Filed in: Current Affairs
From the Epoch Times, "the blue moon being the second full moon of a single month. The black moon, on the other hand, is a second new moon appearing in the same month.
“In the new moon, the moon is in between the earth and the sun,” said Jim Todd, OMSI’s Director of Space Science Education. “And the only way you can see the new moon, is during the solar eclipse like in 2017. That’s why we don’t see it. That’s why it’s defined as black.”
“So every month, we have a new moon, because it goes around the Earth 29 and a half days. That’s called the lunar cycle. So every month we have a new moon. This month, because of the calendar system, we have two that falls on the calendar system,” he said. “And so that means the lunar cycles goes around the Earth 13 times in one year, and every month we have a new moon. Timing is everything.”
The Black Moon is due to occur on November 30. The rest of the world will experience the Black Moon on December 1 and 30th.
“In the new moon, the moon is in between the earth and the sun,” said Jim Todd, OMSI’s Director of Space Science Education. “And the only way you can see the new moon, is during the solar eclipse like in 2017. That’s why we don’t see it. That’s why it’s defined as black.”
“So every month, we have a new moon, because it goes around the Earth 29 and a half days. That’s called the lunar cycle. So every month we have a new moon. This month, because of the calendar system, we have two that falls on the calendar system,” he said. “And so that means the lunar cycles goes around the Earth 13 times in one year, and every month we have a new moon. Timing is everything.”
The Black Moon is due to occur on November 30. The rest of the world will experience the Black Moon on December 1 and 30th.
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Worm Moon
18/03/24 08:22 Filed in: Culture
Where did the name for the first full moon of spring come from?
Worm Moon - which is present on March 25, just before the big eclipse is present moving from the southwest across the Mid-West to the northeast.
What is a worm moon?
Earthworms might have been on the minds of the Colonial settlers or Native American tribesmen who bequeathed the entire calendar month (not just the full moon itself) this name. But another form of grub (not earthworms) may actually be the true originator of the moniker Full Worm Moon.
It was actually beetles, according to the Farmer’s Almanac. The story goes, in the 1760s, the Colonial explorer from Massachusetts Captain Jonathan Carver met with the Naudowessie (Dakota) and other Native American tribes. He wrote that the name “Worm Moon” originated from beetle larvae which begin to emerge from the bark of thawing trees and other winter hideouts this time of year.
Worm Moon - which is present on March 25, just before the big eclipse is present moving from the southwest across the Mid-West to the northeast.
What is a worm moon?
Earthworms might have been on the minds of the Colonial settlers or Native American tribesmen who bequeathed the entire calendar month (not just the full moon itself) this name. But another form of grub (not earthworms) may actually be the true originator of the moniker Full Worm Moon.
It was actually beetles, according to the Farmer’s Almanac. The story goes, in the 1760s, the Colonial explorer from Massachusetts Captain Jonathan Carver met with the Naudowessie (Dakota) and other Native American tribes. He wrote that the name “Worm Moon” originated from beetle larvae which begin to emerge from the bark of thawing trees and other winter hideouts this time of year.
