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‘Wolf Moon’ to light up Britain’s skies this week – Yahoo New Zealand News
The first full moon of January will blaze in the sky on the 28th, reaching its fullest point at 7.16pm on Thursday.
Last year’s wolf moon was coloured by a penumbral eclipse (Photo by Jeff Overs/BBC News & Current Affairs via Getty Images)
The first full moon of January will blaze in the sky on the 28th, reaching its fullest point at 7.16pm on Thursday.
Its called the Wolf moon traditionally, due to the howling of wolves in midwinter when food is scarce.
Royal Museums Greenwich writes in a blog post, Other names for this month’s full moon include old moon and ice moon.
A full Moon happens roughly every 29.5 days….
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