Wolf moon

Today's the day ........................ to moon watch

I've actually been watching the moon for a few nights now because it has been so clear in the sky - and it has seemed to be extra big.  It has been almost a full moon - but not quite - and I've been watching that 'bite' out of one side getting smaller and smaller.

Tonight though - when I took this picture - it really was at its fullest.  The January 2015 full moon is the first full moon after the December 21 solstice and sometimes it is called the Wolf Moon or the Old Moon.  Astronomically speaking, the moon is full at the moment that it is 180 degrees from the sun in its orbit.

And that’s why tonight’s moon – like the sun in summer – will follow a high path across the sky.  It will rise north of due east around sunset, will climb highest in the sky around midnight and will set north of due west around sunrise ............................