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‘Cold Moon’ or ‘Long Night Moon’

First Full Moon of the Third Decade of the 21st Century, 29 December 2020

'Cold Moon' or 'Long Night Moon': First Full Moon of the Third Decade of the 21st Century - 29 Dec 2020
‘Cold Moon’ or ‘Long Night Moon’: First Full Moon of the Third Decade of the 21st Century – 29 Dec 2020

(Some, in error, might call it the last full moon of the second decade.)

Regardless… however you want to call it… it’s Beautiful!

Somewhere in my slides I have a pic of this full moon north of the Arctic Circle. Since, in December, it is directly opposite the sun, it ‘bookends’ the polar June sun, bearing a resemblance of sorts to the famous mid-summer midnight sun.