- 4244 - MOON - what is a Beaver Moon? - The full moon of 2023 will shine on Monday, November, 27, in the form of the “Beaver Moon”. At the exact moment of the full moon, the moon will be 180 degrees away from the sun as viewed from the center of Earth, shining brightly in the constellation of Taurus, the Bull.
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- Following the
Beaver Moon, the illuminated face of the moon will start to recede, which
astronomers call “waning”. This progression of darkness across the lunar face
will continue until the completely dark new moon on December 12.
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- This final new
moon of 2023 will also signal the beginning of this year's final lunar cycle
leading up to the last full moon of 2023, December's Cold Moon, which rises on
December 26.
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- According to
Farmer's Almanac, the name for November's full moon, the Beaver Moon, arises
from the fact these animals have gathered sufficient food stores and begin to
take shelter in their lodges at this time of year. When the food trade was
active in North America, the name also referred to this being the time to trap
beavers and recover their thick winter pelts.
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- Alternative names
for November's full moon in Native American and Colonial American tradition
refer to the activity of animal life at this time of year. Colorful examples
are Tlingit's name, the Digging Moon, which refers to the foraging of animals
for fallen nuts and bears digging their dens.
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- The Deer Rutting
Moon, in the Dakota and Lakota tradition, refers to the time deer seek mates,
and the Algonquin people's Whitefish Moon moniker describes the spawning of
fish at this time.
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- Cree and
Assiniboine peoples call the November full moon the Frost Moon, while the
Anishinaabe tradition refers to it as the Freezing Moon.
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- The chilly names
for the full moon continue into December, with the final full moon of the year
referred to as Cold Moon most commonly, arising from native North American
tribes and even in Celtic culture.
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- December's full
moon is also called the Winter Moon by the Shoshone tribe, the Dead of Winter
Moon by the Alaskan Inupiat people, and the Snow Moon by the Cherokee and Haida
tribes, indicating the first fall of snow.
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