Full Moon this morning December 6th Full Cold
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December 6th Full Cold Moon 7:27 am
Earth and Moon Viewer
The Full Cold Moon; or the Full Long Nights Moon – December During this month the winter cold fastens its grip, and nights are at their longest and darkest. It is also sometimes called the Moon before Yule. The term Long Night Moon is a doubly appropriate name because the midwinter night is indeed long, and because the Moon is above the horizon for a long time. The midwinter full Moon has a high trajectory across the sky because it is opposite a low Sun.
The full moon, our nocturnal sun, stays out throughout the night, and then sleeps in during the day.
Day and night sides of Earth at the instant of the December 2014 full moon (December 6 at 12:27 Universal Time). The shadow line running through North America depicts sunrise on December 6. The shadow line going through far-northern Europe and Asia represents sunset on December 6.