Predicting Weather By The Moon - Xavier University Libraries

its visible disk is lighted, called waxing gibbous.
WAXING GIBBOUS.
It can be seen high in the east late in the afternoon,
and skies are more likely to remain clear until the wee small
hours of the next morning. Any cloud or inclement weather
generally appears in the early morning and could last until
just after lunch.
FULL MOON
Through the Phases
When it reaches Full Moon phase, the Moon is most
prominent, rising opposite the setting Sun and illuminating
the sky all night long with a pale yellow light. It is in the
sky all night, so bright that you can’t see any other stars
except the major constellations.
There are more superstitions about this phase than
any other. It is bad luck to view the Full Moon through the
branches of a tree. The Full Moon has been said to cause
madness, cause hair to grow on were-wolves, increase
crime, eat clouds, swallow the wind and cause rain on a
Saturday. Some of these would appear some hold truth: statistics
have shown that violent storms are prevalent just
after the Full and New Moons.
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