The next full moon is the Cold Moon

The next full moon is the Cold Moon

The next full moon is Monday evening, January 13th at 5:27 pm EST. This will be on Tuesday from South African Time and the Eastern European Time Zone eastward across the rest of Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, etc. to the International Date Line in the Central Pacific. At this time, the Moon appears full for about three days, from Sunday evening (and possibly the last part of Sunday morning) through Wednesday morning. On Monday evening, the full moon will appear near and pass in front of the bright planet Mars, with the bright star Pollux above the pair. When evening twilight ends at 6:11 p.m. EST, the three will form a triangle, with Mars 2 degrees to the lower left and Pollux 3 degrees to the upper left of the Moon. The moon will pass in front of Mars in most of the continental United States, as well as parts of Africa, Canada and Mexico. For other locations, times vary, but for NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, Mars will disappear behind the underside of the Moon at approximately 9:16 p.m. and reappear behind the upper right side of the Moon at approximately 10:31 p.m. The Moon will reach on early Tuesday morning at 12:37 a.m. its highest position of the night, Mars is 1 degree to the right of the Moon and Pollux is 5 degrees to the top right. When dawn begins at 6:23 a.m., Mars will be 4 degrees and Pollux will be 8 degrees to the lower right of the Moon.

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