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Nosotros've just had a 'Strawberry' Moon – and so where do all these Moon names come up from?

A 'Blood' Moon happens briefly during a total lunar eclipse. (Image credit: NASA)

The Royal Museums at Greenwich (opens in new tab) , London, are a mine of information near this and other lunar topics.

Royal Museums Greenwich comprises the Purple Observatory, Cutty Sark, National Maritime Museum, Queen'southward Business firm, The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Heart and the Caird Library and Archive. Part of its part is to brainwash about the exploration of space.

Names given to full Moons

Here'south the Museums' list of the 12 new moons seen every year (occasionally there might be 13) :

Jan: Wolf Moon
February: Snow Moon
March: Worm Moon
Apr: Pink Moon
May: Blossom Moon
June: Strawberry Moon
July: Buck Moon
August: Sturgeon Moon
September: Full Corn Moon
October: Hunter's Moon
Nov: Beaver Moon
December: Cold Moon

Astrophotography — To photograph the Moon yous need a tripod, patience and – above all – planning. (Prototype credit: Digital Camera World/Jason Parnell-Brookes)

'Blood' Moon, 'Blue' Moon and 'Harvest' Moon

A 'Blood' Moon happens during a total lunar eclipse. This is when the Earth passes between the sun and a total Moon, casting the moon briefly into shadow. When this happens, the Moon takes on a strong, reddish brown color completely dissimilar its normal advent.

• How to photograph a Claret Moon

A 'Blue' Moon is a comparatively rare event, hence the saying "in one case in a bluish moon". The Moon'due south 12 annual cycles actually happen over 254 days, so periodically there will exist a 13th full moon in the year – a 'Blueish' moon. In that location are other historical orgins, and sometimes a 'Bluish' Moon has been associated with atmospheric changes and disturbances rather than the lunar cycle.

And and then there'south the 'Harvest' Moon. This is the closest total Moon to the autumnal equinox, or harvest time. The story is that the calorie-free of the Harvest Moon allows farmers to deport on collecting crops long into the nighttime.

Non all of these 'Moons' are significant for photographers. The exception is the 'Claret' Moon – and one more than the 'Supermoon'. A 'Supermoon' is when a total Moon co-incides with the Moon'south closest bespeak to the World (information technology has an elliptical orbit), and so it appears slightly larger. However, when the Moon is low in the heaven its proximity to recognisable objects on the horizon can likewise make information technology appear uncommonly large.

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