My Friday night photos, from the ground in Montgomery, Alabama, but the copy is from a Newsweek article:
"According to the NASA the beaver moon can also be know as Frost, Frosty Moon and the Snow Moon, although these names are also used for the last moon of fall, usually in December.
None of these should, however, be confused for the harvest moon, this is the moon that allowed farm hands to collect their crops into the night after the sun had set and occurs in October.
Astronomical experts are in slight disagreement over whether what will occur in three day’s time on November 6 can be classified as a supermoon. A supermoon specifically refers to the point when the moon is both full and at its perigee, the point where it is closest to the earth.
On November 6 the moon will have already begun to wane but will appear its largest for the month in the night sky. While this is not specifically a supermoon, it is close.
One year ago the Beaver moon missed out on being a supermoon again by just one day but was the largest for 70 years and won’t be surpassed in size until 2034."
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