“The moonlight through the windshield. No one talks.”
~ Jenny Offill, Weather: A Novel (Knopf, February 11, 2020)
Notes:
- Photo: DK. 6:35 p.m. Dec 28, 2020
- “December’s Cold Moon reaches peak illumination on Tuesday, December 29, 2020, at 10:30 P.M. EST. Why is it called the Cold Moon? The Moon names we use in The Old Farmer’s Almanac come from Native American, Colonial American, or other traditional sources passed down through generations. A variety of Native American societies traditionally used the monthly Moons and nature’s corresponding signs as a calendar to track the seasons. Today, December’s full Moon is most commonly known as the Cold Moon—a Mohawk name that conveys the frigid conditions of this time of year, when cold weather truly begins to grip us. Other names that allude to the cold and snow include Drift Clearing Moon (Cree), Frost Exploding Trees Moon (Cree), Moon of the Popping Trees (Oglala), Hoar Frost Moon (Cree), Snow Moon (Haida, Cherokee), and Winter Maker Moon (Western Abenaki). From The Old Farmer’s Almanac: “Full Moon For December 2020“.
The full cold moon 🌚Not sure I can stay alert til 10.30. Hope you can capture it for us DK
Ha. Little chance of that Val!
Darn … hoping someone I know will make it 😉 I’ll check it out on the web tomorrow.
Sleep well.. or better! Mine is better these days.
Glad to hear that Val. As to the cold full moon: “The Cold Moon, the last full moon of 2020, will peak at 10:28 p.m. EST on Dec. 29.”
Wish for clear skies for me… I’ll try to capture it! Though you’ve done a magnificent job of capturing the almost full moon
Well done! I just came in from trying to get moon photos, and they are all blurry, so sending you respect!
Thank you! Coming from you, that’s a high compliment!
Thanks, but I really flubbed this moonshot.
You get another chance tonight.
Haha! I did try last night. All blurry. Of course the fuzzy cloud cover didn’t help. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it.
Funny.
Frustrating!
It is! And we get a chance to take another swing at it tonight.
Oh, the pressure! But I think I’ll be off the hook. We have a heavy cloud cover and it’s not looking like it will lift…. Ever!
We have a clear and cold night…we went out and viewed, the moon and the stars, gorgeous!…we had a scrape-able windshield at 2:30 this afternoon and slippery sidewalks that face the north…1st very short, walk in month, proved to be painful (I am up to four trip/ falls this month)…walking north the cold wind unwelcome…winter is here…we are cozy under heavy covers each night (we keep our bedroom cold)… tomorrow night we will view the last full moon of the year!!! I looked a number of evenings and early mornings to see if I could see the Christmas star, no luck did any of you happened to view the Christmas star?
Beautiful. Yes, we did see the Christmas Star.
we noticed the full moon tonight as well. great photo, and I love the quote…
Never gets old Our Moon. Thank you Jim.
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Such a beautiful spectacle!! … moonlight!!
It is!
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I saw it, I saw it! I love the moon and your quote
Simpatico Beth!
FABULOUS photo, DK! I am sitting here in thrall of la Luna right now. It’s a clear, cool morning here in Florida and her limpid light bathes the entire landscape. I never, ever tire of this scene….
Thank you Lori. I was chasing her again this morning but she was low, partially hidden in clouds and bloody power poles and electric wires everywhere so I couldn’t get a clean shot.
Wow…
For some, the less said, the better.
-Alan
Laughing. Truth.