Predicting Weather By The Moon - Xavier University Libraries

Predicting Weather By The Moon - Xavier University Libraries Predicting Weather By The Moon - Xavier University Libraries

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Weather By The Moon atmosphere at the sides, really in effect leaving only the atmosphere in the whole lower hemisphere lower. An analogy would be a torch shining on a basketball. All the top hemisphere would be illuminated and the back side would be in darkness. The transition point would be at the ‘equator’ and would just be an imaginary line, not any sort of band. There would not be a halfway situation where it would be half-lit at the sides or even a level of dark at the sides that could be compared to the underneath. The bulge on the Moon’s near side is just a greater volume of gases, that’s all, and therefore the “tide” would be higher. The atmosphere can move very quickly to be under the Moon; probably quicker than the Moon itself travels. There is just more atmosphere in that region of sky. The upper parts of the atmosphere would get stretched more toward the Moon, that is, that upper part that is furthest from Earth’s gravitational influence. 194

Appendix 1 TRADITIONAL NAMES FOR FULL MOONS JANUARY Old Moon, or Moon After Yule FEBRUARY Snow Moon, Hunger Moon, or Wolf Moon MARCH Sap Moon, Crow Moon, or Lenten Moon APRI L Grass Moon or Egg Moon MAY Planting Moon or Milk Moon JUNE Rose Moon, Flower Moon, or Strawberry Moon JULY Thunder Moon or Hay Moon AUGUST Green Corn Moon or Grain Moon SEPTEMBER Fruit Moon, or Harvest Moon OCTOBER Hunter’s Moon NOVEMBER Frosty Moon, or Beaver Moon DECEMBER Moon Before Yule(Yule is Christmas) or Long Night Moon 195

Appendix 1<br />

TRADITIONAL NAMES FOR FULL MOONS<br />

JANUARY Old <strong>Moon</strong>, or <strong>Moon</strong> After Yule<br />

FEBRUARY Snow <strong>Moon</strong>, Hunger <strong>Moon</strong>, or Wolf <strong>Moon</strong><br />

MARCH Sap <strong>Moon</strong>, Crow <strong>Moon</strong>, or Lenten <strong>Moon</strong><br />

APRI L Grass <strong>Moon</strong> or Egg <strong>Moon</strong><br />

MAY Planting <strong>Moon</strong> or Milk <strong>Moon</strong><br />

JUNE Rose <strong>Moon</strong>, Flower <strong>Moon</strong>, or Strawberry <strong>Moon</strong><br />

JULY Thunder <strong>Moon</strong> or Hay <strong>Moon</strong><br />

AUGUST Green Corn <strong>Moon</strong> or Grain <strong>Moon</strong><br />

SEPTEMBER Fruit <strong>Moon</strong>, or Harvest <strong>Moon</strong><br />

OCTOBER Hunter’s <strong>Moon</strong><br />

NOVEMBER Frosty <strong>Moon</strong>, or Beaver <strong>Moon</strong><br />

DECEMBER <strong>Moon</strong> Before Yule(Yule is Christmas) or Long<br />

Night <strong>Moon</strong><br />

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