November's Full Moon

The first full moon of November (for years when there are two) is known as the Beaver Moon. 
It is time to set your winter traps before the small waterways freeze, so that you can have a good harvest of furs throughout the winter. 

This year's Beaver Moon will occur in tomorrow's early morning hours for the Central US and will be the last total lunar eclipse for a few years. During a total lunar eclipse, the moon takes on a deep reddish color and is often called a blood moon, Tomorrow morning's Beaver Blood Moon has generated quite a few comments on various sites. For my less depraved friends, I'll spare you the examples. I'm sure that most of you can imagine what they might be.

Every night, as the moon (in any phase) passes through the sky, it blocks out, or occults, hundreds of other stars and occasionally planets from view. This year's Beaver Blood Moon will block the view of -- yep, you guessed it -- Uranus!

smh

Yeah, this retired guy will be up in the early morning hours to check out the Beaver Blood Moon. To be fair, I'd be up to see it even if I had to get up for work on Tuesday morning. The science of astronomy and our solar system fascinates me. 

John