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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Feb 07 2017 : 04:55:59 AM
This Friday there is going to be a "Snow Moon, Lunar Eclipse and Comet" in our night sky to view. The lunar eclipse will need a lot of patience as it slowly happens, about 90 minutes starting at 7:44 p.m. EST. The comet is best viewed with a telescope but you should be able to see it's blue-green glow without one just before sunrise.
Wishing upon a star for clear skies for all!
Dawn in IL
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Feb 21 2017 : 04:56:22 AM
Sorry you missed it, but don't worry the sky is always putting on some kind of show for us. I try to keep it posted here when an event is happening. Keep an eye out for one too and post it if you see one!
Dawn in IL
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| Dreamer42 |
Posted - Feb 20 2017 : 8:35:13 PM
Disappointed I missed this! My boys and I love to get out our telescope and stargaze! Summer nights especially!
Dreamer42
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| Tumbleweed |
Posted - Feb 11 2017 : 4:56:42 PM
My b-day is in July. I like the name Thunder Moon.
TW
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| windypines |
Posted - Feb 11 2017 : 04:52:17 AM
clouds here too Dawn. Was hoping to see the comet this morning. The moon has been beautiful the last couple nights.
Farming in WI
Michele |
| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Feb 10 2017 : 5:54:39 PM
Thanks for the list Marilyn! I love all the different names for the full moons each month.
It is cloudy here and though the moon is bright, it is like seeing it through a sock! Hopefully one of you farmgirls can see it clearly tonight!
Dawn in IL
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| Marilyn Hartman Sullivan |
Posted - Feb 10 2017 : 12:35:26 PM
Here is a list of some of the traditional names for the different full moons that the First Nations have used. They vary from group to group, obviously, but these are some of the more common ones.
January -- Wolf Moon or Old Moon
February -- Snow Moon or Hunger Moon
March -- Worm Moon or Sap Moon
April -- Pink Moon, Sprouting Grass Moon, Egg Moon, or Fish Moon
May -- Flower Moon, Corn Planting Moon, Milk Moon
June -- Strawberry Moon, Rose Moon, Hot Moon
July -- Buck Moon, Thunder Moon
August -- Sturgeon Moon or Green Corn Moon
September -- Corn Moon or Barley Moon. Sometimes the Harvest Moon -- Harvest Moon is the one closest to the Autumnal Equinox -- sometimes in October
October -- Hunter's Moon, Travel Moon, Dying Moon
November -- Beaver Moon or Frost Moon
December -- Cold Moon or Long Nights Moon
Farmgirl #6318
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| Tumbleweed |
Posted - Feb 10 2017 : 11:58:30 AM
So bummed out. We are expecting rain tonight. Humidity is 77 percent. Don't think I Wil be seeing anything outside tonight. :(
TW
The fun begins where the pavement ends! |
| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Feb 10 2017 : 07:50:45 AM
I think this link is very informative about tonight's sky show. Looks like we are in for a cloudy night here, but last night's moon was impressive!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/snow-moon-lunar-eclipse-comet-003629805.html
Dawn in IL
"Don’t let anyone ever tell you that this country isn’t great, that somehow we need to make it great again" Michelle Obama |
| Red Tractor Girl |
Posted - Feb 09 2017 : 4:14:33 PM
Thanks Dawn for this heads up. We should have clear skies by Friday so maybe I can see something here in Florida. Snow moon for February? LOL!! It was 77 degrees here today with more of the same continuing into next week!
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
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| MaryJanesNiece |
Posted - Feb 07 2017 : 12:41:27 PM
Thanks for sharing, Dawn. I would love to see the comet. I will have to check it out right before sunrise when I am up with the baby.
Krista |
| suny58 |
Posted - Feb 07 2017 : 06:44:14 AM
I can't wait! New camera in hand with a great 400 mm lens! Lets pray the skies are clear!!! BTW: did anyone see the moon last night here in the south? Had a huge circle around it! SO beautiful!
Dawn: that is nice information to know! Climate changes in the past hundred plus years tends to change the meaning of things anymore....
Farmgirl #7703
Dianna
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Feb 07 2017 : 06:43:07 AM
Thanks Dawn and Deb. That's why I've never heard of it here in Texas. Hunger Moon sounds sad - don't you think.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
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| ddmashayekhi |
Posted - Feb 07 2017 : 06:39:08 AM
A Snow Moon was also called "Hunger Moon" by native Americans. It is a full moon during what is normally a very cold and snowy month, February. Here in the Chicago area we are having our 4th day in a row of 50+ temperatures, so Snow Moon isn't quite the right name anymore for it.
Dawn in IL
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| Blessed in Colorado |
Posted - Feb 07 2017 : 06:25:49 AM
The Snow Moon is February's Full moon, typically February is the month that America gets the most snow according to the Weather Channel so thus the Snow Moon! Is this correct Dawn?
I love full moons and to have a comet and lunar eclipse all in one night is truly something special.
Enjoy everyone.
Hugs,
Deb
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Feb 07 2017 : 06:16:10 AM
Dawn thanks for posting about the sky this Fri. What is a snow moon?
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015.
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| Blessed in Colorado |
Posted - Feb 07 2017 : 05:51:58 AM
Thank you so much for letting us know Dawn, I am looking forward to seeing it all.
Hugs,
Deb
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Blessed in Colorado
FGOTM, Septembe, 2012
"You must do the thing you think you can not do." Eleanor Roosevelt
Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings We simply continue to fly on our Broomsticks. We're flexible like that!
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