Interesting things few people know about the Moon

The Moon - the largest and brightest object in the night sky has fascinated and is an endless source of inspiration for humankind for centuries. And here are the interesting information about Earth's only natural satellite.

Here are the little-known interesting things about Earth's only natural satellite, including all the different names of the full moon in each month and which days of the year you can admire the This emotional event

How long is the full moon (Full Moon)?

Every 29.5 days, the moon is full once. This is when the Moon is completely illuminated by the rays of the sun.

In fact, one side of the Moon faces the planet, the other side is always in the dark, so most of the "full moon" will not be completely round. Only when the Moon, Earth and Sun lie in line, then the moon is 100% true and that alignment will appear eclipses.

Why does the full moon have a name?

Early Native Americans did not record the time using the dates according to the Julian or Gregorian calendar. Instead, the tribes have named each full moon to keep track of lunar seasons and months.

Most full moon names relate to an activity or event that takes place at the time of each locality. However, this is not a unified system. The tribes tend to name and count the full moon cycle in different ways. For example, some tribes count four seasons a year while others count five seasons. Some define a year as 12 full moon cycles, while others are 13 cycles.

According to the Yearbook of farmers (Farmer's Almanac), American colonists accepted some of the Lunar names and applied them to their calendar system, which is why they still exist until the day. now on.

The tribes have named each full moon to keep track of lunar seasons and months.

January: Wolf Moon (Moon wolf)

The January full moon is named so because at this time of year, villagers often hear the howls of hungry wild wolves. Another name is Old Moon.

Full moon time: January 12.

February: Snow Moon (Snow Moon)

Historically, February has always been the most snowy month in the US so this month's full moon is named Snow Moon. It is also known as Hunger Moon, because hunting is difficult in conditions of heavy snowfall.

Full moon period: February 11.

March: Moon Worm (Worm Moon)

When the temperature was warm, earthworms began to appear and birds began to search for food. It is also called Sap Moon, Crow Moon (Crow Moon) and Lenten Moon (Vegetarian Moon).

Time of full moon: March 12.

April: Pink Moon (Moon Hong)

The April full moon is called Pink Moon, but don't think the Moon will turn pink. In fact, it is named after the pink wild flowers that appear in the US and Canada in early spring.

Moon - visible in about 7.08 on Tuesday, 11.4 - also known as Egg Moon - because spring is the breeding season, laying eggs. Some coastal tribes called it Fish Moon because it appeared at the same time the herring was swimming upstream.

This moon is very important because it is used to determine Easter day, the first Sunday after Pink Moon appears. This year, Easter falls on Sunday, April 16. Pink Moon is also a sign to start Jewish Christmas.

Time of full moon: April 11th.

May: Flower Moon (Flower Moon)

Spring officially begins in May, when colorful flowers bloom. This moon is also known as Corn Planting Moon (Moon Growing Corn), because this is also the time of harvest. It is also called Bright Moon (Bright Moon) because this month's moon is known as the brightest moon of the year. Some people call it Milk Moon

Time of full moon: May 10.

June: Strawberry Moon (Strawberry Moon)

Strawberry Moon at Glastonbury Tor in June 2016.

The full moon in June was named because this is the beginning of the strawberry harvest. Some of its other names are Rose Moon, or Hay Moon (Straw Moon) because dry straw is also harvested at this time.

The moon appears in the same month as the solstice, the longest day of the year (June 21), when we can enjoy about 17 hours of daylight.

Full moon period: June 9th.

July: Thunder Moon (Thunder Moon)

Named after a popular phenomenon of summer: thunder. Sometimes it is also called Full Buck Moon because this is also the time when the deer begin to grow new horns.

Full moon period: July 9.

August: Sturgeon Moon (Moon sturgeon)

North American tribes often catch sturgeon throughout this month, but this is also when cereals and corn are harvested so the August full moon is also called Grain Moon.

Time of full moon: August 7

September: Harvest Moon (Moon Harvest)

Harvest Moon.

September is the time when most crops are harvested. The moon also illuminates farmers working at night. Some tribes also call it Barley Moon (Barley Moon).

Harvest Moon sometimes appears in October - this is the full moon that happens near the time of the most manure (Autumn - the beginning of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, when the Sun appears on the "equator" (The Sun is closest to the equator) and begins to head south. In terms of time, feces start around September 22 to September 24).

Full moon period: September 6.

October: Hunter's Moon (Hunter's Moon)

This moon's light makes it easy for hunters to track prey before entering the winter months of crop failure. It is also called Blood Moon.

Full moon period: October 5

November: Frost Moon (Moon Frost)

This is the time when the cold winter begins to knock on the door.

It is also called Beaver Moon because this is the time when Native Americans set traps for beavers before the water began to freeze completely.

Full moon period: November 4

December: Cold Moon (Cold Moon)

Cold Moon on December 13, 2016 in Cornwall.

The name of the full moon in December comes from the cold winter days with longer and darker nights. Christmas was only a few days later, so it was considered the Moon before Christmas.

Full moon time: December 3.

What is supermoon?

Supermoon occurs when the Moon moves to the position closest to the Earth (near-point), the size of the Moon when viewed from the Earth will be larger.

In particular, when the Sun, Earth and Moon align in time with the Moon at the near-point, the Moon will be bright and much larger when viewed from Earth, which is called the Super Moon phenomenon. or Super Moon (Supermoon).

Compared to the size of the Moon at the farthest distance from Earth in orbit (telecom point), the Moon is 30% brighter and 14% larger in size when viewed from Earth at the time of its occurrence. Super moon phenomenon.

The Super Moon can carry super tidal phenomena (tides larger than normal).

There are four Super Moon in 2017, although three of them will not be observable. Only one super moon is seen is between December 2 and December 3.

"Once in Blue Moon"

What does this famous phrase have to do with the moon? Yes, that is related.The Blue Moon phenomenon rarely appears and we use this idiom to refer to a rare occurrence.

Blue Moon is a Western concept to indicate the full moon phenomenon does not match a calendar month. Usually one calendar year has twelve full moons, coinciding with one full moon each month. But since the calendar year / tropical year is 11 days longer than the lunar year, these days gradually accumulate after about two or three years (more accurately, the 2,7154 year or 7-cycle cycle in 19 years of the cycle). Meton) has one more full moon.

People explore the Moon

So far, only 12 people have stepped on the moon and they are all Americans, including Neil Armstrong, the first person to go to the Moon in 1969 in the Apollo II mission.

The last time humans came to the Moon was in 1972 when Gene Cernan joined the Apollo 17 mission.

Although Armstrong was the first to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin was the first to go . to clean up there. While millions of people are watching the moon landing scene broadcast live on television, Aldrin has to go to the toilet in a tube equipped inside the astronaut suit.

When the astronauts took off their helmets and walked on the moon, they smelled a strong odor that Armstrong described as "wet ash in a fireplace" and Aldrin considered "used gunpowder." It is the smell of moon dust on their shoes.

Minerals, armalcolite, were discovered during the first landing on the moon and later found at various locations on Earth, named after the names of three astronauts Apollo 11, Neil ARMstrong, Buzz ALdrin and Michael COLlins.

About 600 million people watch Apollo 11 live on television. This was a world record until 1981, when 750 million people watched the wedding of Prince of Wales and Princess Diana Spencer.

Before Apollo 11 took off, many people thought of the worst situation in the trip of three astronauts. One of the experts who wrote a speech for US President Richard Nixon prepared a speech entitled "The Moon Disaster".

The speech begins with the sentence: "Fate has decided that those who explore the Moon rest forever on it in peace" . Under the plan, if the attempt to leave the Moon failed, the underground control center would cut off all communications with the landing compartment and wear astronauts' lives. However, they returned to Earth safely and opened an era of universal conquest of humanity.

Some more information about the Moon:

1. The moon is about 4.6 billion years old and formed after the solar system from 30-50 million years
2. The Moon is smaller than the earth - the actual size is equal to Pluto (Pluto)
3. The surface area is smaller than the surface area of ​​Asia - about 14.6 million square miles (according to space.com).
4. Gravity on the moon is only 1/6 of that of Earth.
5. The moon is not round, but has an egg shape with a large head facing the Earth.
6. It took 135 days to drive to the moon at 112.5 km / h (or 9 years to walk) from Earth.
7. The moon also has "Moonquakes" (Moonquakes) caused by Earth's gravity.
8. Experts believe that the Moon has a molten core, like the Earth.