Full moons have many names but there is nothing new under the sun.
“What profit has a man from all his labor
In which he toils under the sun?
One generation passes away, and another generation comes;
But the earth abides forever.
The sun also rises, and the sun goes down,
And hastens to the place where it arose.
The wind goes toward the south,
And turns around to the north;
The wind whirls about continually,
And comes again on its circuit.
All the rivers run into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full;
To the place from which the rivers come,
There they return again.
All things are full of labor;
Man cannot express it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.
That which has been is what will be,
That which is done is what will be done,
And there is nothing new under the sun.” (Ecclesiastes I: 3-9)
There’s a lot of common sense in the Old Testament. But today I am concerned with the moon and specifically full moons. They have many names. There’s an ecclesiastical moon for starters. This evening in the UK there is a buck moon. I was alerted to this by my cousin with an interest in astronomy.
“Just because it interests me I thought I might share with you the fact that the full moon at 1637 on 10 July will be the lowest altitude above the horizon in the moon’s 18.6 year cycle of circling the world. This one is the Buck Moon. The nearness to the horizon makes it look big and it is certainly beautiful. (This shot was taken in NI this evening (9th July).”
I think in London the phenomenon will be at its best soon after 10.00 pm this evening.