November\u2019s full moon, known as the beaver moon, will shine bright in the night sky starting Sunday, offering a dazzling sight to behold. <\/p>\n
The moon will be at its most full in the early hours of Monday, when it will reach the crest of its full phase at 4:16 a.m. ET,\u00a0according to EarthSky. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe upcoming full Moon (the Beaver Moon)\u00a0<\/strong>will look like the familiar full Moon, however the specific features are always a little different from one Moon to the next,\u201d said Dr. Noah Petro, chief of NASA\u2019s planetary geology, geophysics and geochemistry lab, in an email. <\/p>\n Due to libration\u00a0\u2014 the slight movement of the moon that changes the angle at which sky-gazers see the one side that faces Earth \u2014 full moons vary from month to month, he said. <\/p>\n Local weather conditions allowing, people who are north or south of the equator will be able to see the beaver moon, with the celestial orb appearing to be full to the human eye for about one day before and after its full phase, Petro said. <\/p>\n For optimal moon gazing, Petro recommends finding a space with a clear view of the sky \u2014 away from trees, buildings and bright lights. While no equipment is needed to observe the moon, a pair of binoculars or a telescope can help enhance finer details, he said. <\/p>\n \u201cWhen people look at the Moon, I hope they first take in that it\u2019s the same Moon that their grandparents, great grandparents, and so on, have seen,\u201d Petro said. \u201cFor millennia humans have looked to the Moon, and it\u2019s looked similar for all of human history.\u201d <\/p>\n Petro also noted two current NASA space operations involving the moon. NASA\u2019s\u00a0Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter,\u00a0<\/strong>which has been orbiting the moon for over 14 years, is creating a 3D map of its surface. The\u00a0Artemis II mission\u00a0is aiming for a late 2024 launch to send four astronauts on a trip around the moon and back \u2014 the first attempt to fly humans near Earth\u2019s closest neighbor since 1972. <\/p>\n The beaver moon\u2019s name is believed to be a nod to this full moon\u2019s appearance when the industrious animal retires to its lodge in anticipation of winter. And when the North American fur trade thrived from the\u00a01500s to the 1800s,\u00a0November was also beaver trapping season due to the animal\u2019s thicker coat this time of year,\u00a0according to The Old Farmers\u2019 Almanac. <\/p>\n The November full moon has also been referred to by the Tlingit as the digging moon, as it is the time when animals begin to prepare for winter. The Cree have called this lunar event the frost moon, and the Anishinaabe have referred to it as the freezing moon since cold winter temperatures are near, according to the almanac. <\/p>\n The final full moon of the year is the cold moon on December 26,\u00a0according to the Farmers\u2019 Almanac. <\/p>\n And when it comes to meteors, the\u00a0Leonids are expected to be seen blazing in the night sky until the shower\u2019s finality on December 2, according to the\u00a0American Meteor Society. If you are eager to see more, two upcoming meteor showers peak next month: <\/p>\n \u25cf Geminids: December 13-14 <\/p>\n \u25cf Ursids: December 21-22 <\/p>\n\n November\u2019s full moon, known as the beaver moon, will shine bright in the night sky starting Sunday, offering a dazzling sight to behold. The moon will be at its most full in the early hours of Monday, when it will reach the crest of its full phase at 4:16 a.m. ET,\u00a0according to EarthSky. \u201cThe upcoming <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} More on the beaver moon<\/h3>\n
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