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2. 1st full moon of 2021 to rise Thursday night - AOL

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   The final week of January will feature the first full moon of 2021, a celestial event that has several nicknames with origins that can be traced to January's wintry weather. The full moon will ...

3. Full moon - Wikipedia

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   The supermoon of 14 November 2016 was 356,511 km (221,526 mi) away [1] from the center of Earth. Supermoons occur 3–4 times per year. [2] As the Earth revolves around the Sun, approximate axial parallelism of the Moon's orbital plane (tilted five degrees to the Earth's orbital plane) results in the revolution of the lunar nodes relative to the Earth.

4. Lunar eclipse - Wikipedia

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   The Moon's surface is entirely within Earth's umbra. Greatest eclipse: The peak stage of the total eclipse. The Moon is at its closest to the center of Earth's umbra. U3 (Fourth contact): End of the total eclipse. The Moon's outer limb exits Earth's umbra. U4 (Fifth contact): End of the partial eclipse. Earth's umbra leaves the Moon's surface.

5. Astronomical basis of the Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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   The candra māna (Sanskrit: चन्द्र मान) of the Hindu calendar is defined based on the movement of the Moon around the Earth.The new moon (Sanskrit: अमावास्य, romanized: amāvāsya) and full moon (Sanskrit: पूर्णिमा, romanized: pūrṇimā) are important markers in this calendar.

6. List of future astronomical events - Wikipedia

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   There will be a rare full moon on a leap day; this event happens roughly once every century. [23] The next full moon on a leap day will not occur until February 29, 2124. [24] 2052 December 6 The closest supermoon of the century will occur. [25] 2053 August 29 A Total Penumbral Lunar Eclipse will occur, the first since 2006. [26] 2057

7. Lunar calendar - Wikipedia

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   A lunisolar calendar was found at Warren Field in Scotland and has been dated to c. 8000 BC, during the Mesolithic period. [2] [3] Some scholars argue for lunar calendars still earlier—Rappenglück in the marks on a c. 17,000 year-old cave painting at Lascaux and Marshack in the marks on a c. 27,000 year-old bone baton—but their findings remain controversial.

8. When is the full moon in June? Strawberry Moon to ... - AOL

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   Full moon 2024 calendar. ... Feb. 25, 2021 over Northport, Alabama. ... A Supermoon occurs when the moon's orbit brings it closest to the earth at the same time as a full moon, according to NASA.

9. Strawberry moon: Final supermoon of 2021 to rise in the night sky

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   It may look up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter in the sky as the moon reaches its closest point to Earth.