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The night sky's way of saying look up, you absolute mammal.
means The lunar phase when the Moon's face is fully lit by the Sun as seen from Earth, appearing as a complete bright disc for a night or two each month.
from 'Moon' traces back through Old English 'mōna' to a very old Indo-European root tied to measuring time — the Moon as humanity's first calendar, its phases marking off the months (the words 'moon' and 'month' share this ancient root). 'Full' comes from Old English 'full,' meaning complete or filled up, from a Proto-Germanic root related to 'fill.' Put together, 'full moon' is wonderfully literal: the month-measurer, filled all the way up.
- actual cause
- earth's shadow has nothing to do with it
- wolf myth
- moonlight doesn't make anyone howl, cortisol does
- orbit truth
- moon is lit by sun from earth's far side
- frequency
- happens roughly every 29.5 days, like clockwork