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A bright full moon will be the prelude to Christmas after the world delights in the traditional “Cold Moon” of December .
Check-in on the night of Saturday 18 December, to be specific on the 11: 26 pm time on This , the last lunar cycle of the 2021 will begin to say goodbye and the next time our natural satellite look in all its splendor will be in the 2022.
When to see the last full moon of 2021?
Astronomy and star lovers will be able to appreciate this show one night before and one night after this lunar phase has occurred, as reported by the specialized portal Space.com.
In this way, the moon will illuminate the nights of v Friday 17, Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 December . Later, it will begin to wane to give way to the Christmas festivities.
Why is it known as “Cold Moon” ?
Native Americans used names to distinguish the monthly moons and locate the seasons of the year. According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac the December full moon was classified as a “Cold Moon” due to the freezing conditions of the time .
Being the closest to the winter solstice, in ancient European cultures it was known as “Moon before Yule”, “Moon of Roble ”or“ Long Moon ”.
What makes the“ Cold Moon ”special?
The “Cold Moon” is the closest to the beginning of winter so is the longest full moon of the year . NASA explained that the orbit of our natural satellite almost coincides with the orbit of the Earth around the Sun.
When the king star appears very low in the sky, the full Moon rises high in the sky . In this way, the full Moon from 18 to 19 December will be a total of 15 hours and 33 minutes in the sky, this makes it the longest full moon night of the 2021.
It should be noted that next Full moon will occur until next Monday 17 January 2022 .
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