Hatrack River Forum: Summer Soltice / Full Moon

This is topic Summer Soltice / Full Moon in forum Books, Films, Food and Culture at Hatrack River Forum.

To visit this topic, use this URL:
http://www.hatrack.com/ubb/main/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=035745

Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :

Tomorrow is the summer soltice and tomorrow night, we will have a full moon. This only happens every 19 years so make a note of it.

Last time it happened, I met my husband.

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Thanks!
Does that moon have a special name? When the Red Sox won, they won under a Blood Moon. I thought that was pretty cool, in a prohetic way, considering Kurt Schilling's bloody ankle.

Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :

No special name that I know of.

The "soltice moon" is the moon that falls closest to the summer soltice but that happens every year. THe solstice moon always crests closest to the horizon. During the full moon the sun and moon are directly opposite each other, since the sun crests highest in the sky during the soltice, the moon will crest lowest in the sky. This means that the moon will look largestest.

It also means that we will not only have the longest day of the year tomorrow, but the night will be quite light as well.

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

Oooh! Thanks for the heads up, Rabbit. [Smile]

Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :

Tommorow is the longest day of the year?
I must do something fun...

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

So that's why I've been seing a giant almost-full moon in the evenings befor the sun has set.

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

On my calendar it says that today is Midsummer...

But still cool [Smile]

. And I'm not missing it! (usually it zips passed without me noticing).

Posted by Astaril (Member # 7440) on :

Technically, the solstice is at 2:46am tomorrow. I'm not sure if that makes today or tomorrow longer.

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

Hm. Now I have to decide which day I'm going to celebrate.

Or I could do both...

Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :

Take this with a grain of salt, as I was told this by a waitress at a restaurant that celebrates every full moon, but she called this one the strawberry moon. Haven't the faintest idea why.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Looked it up and strawberry moon seems to just mean a full moon during June (solstice-adjacent or no).

Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :

oooh cool! thanks for reminding me! (now I just have to keep remembering to go out until tomorrow... [Razz]

)

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

Tomorrow is our anniversary.

My pagan friend thought it was awesome we got married on the Solstice.

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

Oh, that's awesome! I love solstices! Equinoxes are kind of cool too but wow I really love solstices.

Full moons are rather nice, too, and none the less for being common. [Smile]

Now if we had a lunar eclipse as well that would totally rock.

Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :

The harvest moon allowed people to harvest all night long before the cold weather destroyed their crops.

Since strawberries are currently ripe, I'd bet the same kind of thing applies.

(Goes to pick some wild strawberries - Yum!)

Posted by jexx (Member # 3450) on :

My parents were married on the Winter Solstice. My dad says he planned it that way, so their anniversary would be the longest night of the year! Icky parents, bein' all in love an' stuff. [Wink]

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

T'was a gorgeous full moon tonight. I'm so glad I lolled around outside gazing at it.