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This is a list of kigo, which are words or phrases that are associated with a particular season in Japanese poetry.They provide an economy of expression that is especially valuable in the very short haiku, as well as the longer linked-verse forms renku and renga, to indicate the season referenced in the poem or stanza.
According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, the July full moon is called the Buck Moon because the antlers of male deer, which shed and regrow yearly, are in full-growth mode during this month.
The adjectival forms of the names of astronomical bodies are not always easily predictable. Attested adjectival forms of the larger bodies are listed below, along with the two small Martian moons; in some cases they are accompanied by their demonymic equivalents, which denote hypothetical inhabitants of these bodies.
🍓 What is a 'Strawberry Moon' and what does it have to do with the summer solstice? “Strawberry Moon” is the nickname for the June full moon, which this year will appear full in the sky for ...
This month's full moon marks the second of four full moons this summer. When you can see it and why it's called the Buck Moon.
The duration from full moon to new moon (or new moon to full moon) varies from approximately 13 days 22 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours to about 15 days 14 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours. Due to lunar motion relative to the meridian and the ecliptic, in Earth's northern hemisphere: A new moon appears highest at the summer solstice and lowest at the winter solstice.
This month's full moon will be special because it is the one closest to the summer solstice — the solstice, marking the astronomical start of summer, will arrive at 3:51 p.m. CDT Thursday.
A-type star In the Harvard spectral classification system, a class of main-sequence star having spectra dominated by Balmer absorption lines of hydrogen. Stars of spectral class A are typically blue-white or white in color, measure between 1.4 and 2.1 times the mass of the Sun, and have surface temperatures of 7,600–10,000 kelvin.