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To: blueplum

Somebody is cranking these strange names out for phases of the Moon. It sounds as though they’re talking about a character in a Japanese Animation film or a flavor of Greek Yogurt. I sort of ignore them all.

Some words and phrases I do not ever ignore due to where I live; words such as Earthquake, Brush Fire, Brown-Out, Black-Out or Flash Floods!


4 posted on 02/13/2019 10:03:36 PM PST by lee martell
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To: lee martell

I think it’s the easter moon perhaps . I know Easter falls on the sunday right after the first full moon in spring unless that fool moon falls on a sunday than easter is the Sunday before. Also used to open trout fishing and game bird hunting in certain state while shutting down big game in others.


5 posted on 02/13/2019 10:41:26 PM PST by Fhios
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To: lee martell

At the end of the article there is a section about the Old Farmer’s Almanac who made up the list of names from traditional sources (natives etc.)

Astronomers don’t use them. Astronomers (for the most part) want the Moon to be less bright and to get out of the way.


10 posted on 02/14/2019 9:29:36 AM PST by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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