NASA on December 30 shared the image of “Wolf Moon” on their official social media accounts showing the Earth’s natural satellite in full view for the 13th and final time in 2020. The U.S. space agency explained the reason behind the full moon as the “wolf moon”. NASA explained that different cultures have unique names for each of the full branches that appear throughout the year and these names correspond to what is happening in nature around them. at the same time.
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Why is it called the ‘Wold Moon’?
The Algonquin tribes, found in the northern and eastern United States, named this moon ‘Wolf moon’ because the pack of wolves that climbed angrily outside the villages amid the cold weather. They also said that the wolf’s name was another ‘Ice Moon’ and before the month the full moon in December was called the ‘Cold Moon’. The last full moon of 2020 appeared in Earth-based latitude at 10:28 PM EST opposite the sun on December 29 and was expected to appear for three days.
In addition to the tribes in the US, NASA said, “Europeans named the Moon after Yule, a 3-day winter solstice festival in pre-Christian Europe. In the 10th century King Haakon made a connection between Yule and Christmas as part of Norwegian Christianity, and this connection has spread throughout the countries that follow European traditions. Another English name for this Moon is the Old Moon. ”
“Like the Full Moon closest to the winter solstice, this is the Long Night Moon. The plane of the moon’s orbit around the Earth is almost identical to the Earth’s orbit plane around the sun, ”he added.
Referring to all cultures around the globe, the U.S. space agency also noted what the full moon in December reveals for Hindus and said it is ‘Datta Jayanti’ to celebrate the birthday of the Hindu god Dattatreya (Datta). He also said, “For the Buddhists in Sri Lanka, this is Unduvap Poya” before noting that the same moon may be named ‘Chang’e Moon’ “after the launch of the three Chinese lunar lords at this time of year in 2013, 2018, and 2020. ”
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