Astro Bob: Full Wolf Moon scores a bull s-eye!
Feel like howling? Join the Full Wolf Moon on Thursday night, January 28. Telescope users can find the Mare Orientale bull s-eye, site of one of the most violent lunar impacts.
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Bob King for the Duluth News Tribune | 3:07 pm, Jan. 28, 2021 ×
The nearly full moon rises over Lake Superior in Two Harbors, Minn. on January 27. The Earth s shadow is the gray band below the moon. It s topped by a pinkish-orange glow called the Belt of Venus from sunlight scattered by small particles in the stratosphere. (Bob King)
Driving west at dusk yesterday evening, all I wanted to do was twist my head around to see the big moon rising behind me. Since that s never a safe move, instead I turned left off the highway and drove down to a nearby beach. In the darkening sky the moon beamed white above Earth s purply shadow.
Eerie Wolf Moon with spiritual meaning to appear tonightâ when and how to watch it
An eerie Wolf Moon, the first full moon of 2021, will stand high in the sky tonight â here is the meaning behind the name, and how and when to watch the lunar spectacle
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Astro Bob: Full Wolf Moon scores a bull s-eye!
Feel like howling? Join the Full Wolf Moon on Thursday night, January 28. Telescope users can find the Mare Orientale bull s-eye, site of one of the most violent lunar impacts.
Written By:
Bob King for the Duluth News Tribune | 3:07 pm, Jan. 28, 2021 ×
The nearly full moon rises over Lake Superior in Two Harbors, Minn. on January 27. The Earth s shadow is the gray band below the moon. It s topped by a pinkish-orange glow called the Belt of Venus from sunlight scattered by small particles in the stratosphere. (Bob King)
Driving west at dusk yesterday evening, all I wanted to do was twist my head around to see the big moon rising behind me. Since that s never a safe move, instead I turned left off the highway and drove down to a nearby beach. In the darkening sky the moon beamed white above Earth s purply shadow.
and sunset will be at 5:28 pm.
Today we will have 10 hours and 10 minutes of daylight.
Solar noon will be at 12:23 pm.
The first low tide was at 3:55 am
The only high tide of the day will be at 9:53 am.
and the final low tide at Aquatic Park will be at 4:52 pm.
We’ll have a Full Moon tomorrow Thursday the 28th of January of 2021 at 11:16 am
Moon: 98.1%
The January Full Moon is called the Full Wolf Moon
The howling of wolves was often heard at this time of year. It was traditionally thought that wolves howled due to hunger, but we now know that wolves use howls to define territory, locate pack members, reinforce social bonds, and gather for hunting.
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What is the meaning behind the Wolf Moon s name?
Tomorrow s Full Moon has many different names across the globe, although Wolf Moon is one of the more popular ones, particularly in the West.
This particular name is attributed to North America s native tribes who named the Moon s full phases after seasonal changes in the landscape.
The Wolf Moon is said to be named after hungry wolves howling in the dead of night during the cold winter month.
Amy Nieskens of the Old Farmer s Almanac explained: January s Full Moon is called the Full Wolf Moon.