The Next Full Moon is the Beaver, Frost, Frosty, or Snow Moon; Kartik Purnima; the Karthika Deepam, Karthikai Vilakkidu, or Thrikarthika Festival Moon; the Loi Krathong Festival Moon; the Bon Om Touk ('Boat Racing Festival') or Cambodian Water Festival Moon; the Tazaungdaing Festival Moon; and Ill (
, which includes decorating baskets and floating them on a river. In Cambodia, this full Moon corresponds with the 3-day Bon Om Touk or the Cambodian Water Festival featuring dragon boat races. In Myanmar, this is the Tazaungdaing Festival, a festival that predates the introduction of Buddhism and includes the launching of hot air balloons . In Sri Lanka this is Ill Poya, commemorating the Buddha’s ordination of sixty disciples as the first Buddhist missionaries.
Our 24-hour clock is based on the average length of the solar day. Although the day of the winter solstice on December 21, 2022, is sometimes called the “shortest day of the year” the solar days near the solstice are actually the longest days of the year, longer than 24 hours. Because of this, the earliest sunset of the year occurs before the solstice and the latest sunrise of the year occurs after the solstice. This year, the earliest sunset of the year will occur on Wednesday, December 7 .
By the evening of Wednesday, December 7 , as evening twilight ends , the rising Moon will be 15 degrees above the east-northeastern horizon. Mars will appear about 4 degrees to the lower left of the full Moon and will be at its closest and brightest for the year. Later in the evening the Moon will shift very close to Mars and for areas farther north or west the Moon will actually block Mars from view.
From Friday evening into Saturday morning, November 4 to 5, 2022, the bright planet Jupiter will appear near the waxing gibbous Moon. Evening twilight on Friday will end with Jupiter 3 degrees above the Moon. The Moon will reach its highest in the sky for the night a little over 3 hours later with Jupiter 4 degrees to the upper right of the Moon. Jupiter will set first on the western horizon less than 6 hours later on Saturday morning , 6 degrees to the lower right of the Moon.
Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, November 8 to 9, 2022, the Pleiades star cluster will appear near the full Moon. As evening twilight ends on Tuesday the Moon will be 8 degrees above the east-northeastern horizon with the Pleiades 9 degrees to the left. The Moon will reach its highest in the sky for the night early Wednesday morning with the Pleiades 6 degrees to the upper left. The Pleiades will be to the upper right of the Moon as morning twilight begins .
On Thursday night into Friday morning, November 10 to 11, 2022, the bright planet Mars will appear near the waning gibbous Moon. Mars will rise above the east-northeastern horizon appearing to the lower left of the Moon. By the time the Moon reaches its highest in the sky for the night on Friday morning Mars will appear about 5 degrees to the lower left of the Moon. Mars will appear about 3 degrees to the upper left of the Moon as morning twilight begins .
Wednesday morning, November 16, 2022, the waning Moon will appear half-full as it reaches its last quarter at 8:27 a.m. EST. Wednesday evening, November 23, 2022, will be the first evening that Mars will appear above the east-northeastern horizon as evening twilight ends . Also on Wednesday evening at 5:57 p.m. EST will be the new Moon, when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun and will not be visible from the Earth.
Friday evening, November 25, 2022, at 8:32 p.m. EST, the Moon will be at perigee, its closest to the Earth for this orbit.
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