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Cold Moon 2019: The last Full Moon of the year peaks tomorrow – What time is the Moon?


The Cold Moon is the 12th of this year’s named Full Moons and arrives on Thursday, December 12. Sometimes known as the Oak Moon or the Long Night Moon, stargazers will have to wait until January for the Moon to fully light up again. The Full Moon will peak tomorrow when its Earth-facing side lines up with the Sun head-on.

What time is the Full Moon in your area tomorrow?

The Full Moon will peak in the wee morning hours of Thursday, December 12.

Here in the UK, the Moon will reach peak illumination around 5.12am GMT when the lunar orb is low and near the horizon.

The Full Moon will set around 7.59am GMT and rise again around 4.16pm when viewed from London.

Further up north in Glasgow, for instance, the Full Moon will set around 7.25am GMT and rise later around 3.32pm GMT.

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Across the Atlantic Ocean in the US, the Full Moon will peak shortly after midnight Eastern Time.

When viewed from New York, the Full Moon will peak at 12.12am EST.

The Moon will then creep towards the horizon and set around 7.26am EST before rising again around 5.04pm EST.

On the other side of the country, on the East Coast, the Full Moon will peak around 9.12pm Pacific Time tonight (December 11).

You can then watch the Moon dip below the horizon the following morning around 7.12am PDT and reappear around 5.27pm PDT.

When viewed from New Delhi in India, the Full Moon will peak around 10.42am India Time.

Over Tokyo in Japan, the Full Moon is expected to peak slightly later around 2.12pm Japan Time.

Similarly to India, the peak will take place below the horizon and in the nightside of Earth.

If you want to catch the Full Moon, you will have to wait until after 4.35pm JST.

Further down in Melbourne, Australia, the Full Moon will peak at around 4.12pm Australian Eastern Time.

Unfortunately, the Moon will not be visible until much later tomorrow, when it peeks over the horizon around 8.36pm AEST.

Why does the Moon have different phases?

As the Moon races around our planet and the Sun by extension, we always see the same side of the Moon facing us.

But every single night, a different amount of the Moon’s Earth-facing side is lit by the Sun.

US space agency NASA said: “From Earth, it might look like the Moon is changing shape each night – from a tiny sliver to a Half Moon to a Full Moon and back again.

“What’s actually happening is that from our spot on Earth, we see different parts of the Moon lit up by the Sun as the Moon travels in its orbit.”

The above diagram explains how the Moon’s rotation affects its glowing face.

The lunar cycle lasts and irregular 29.53 days and the Moon completes a lap around Earth every 27 days.



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