The reason for the bigger then normal moon has something to do with the Moon’s obit around the Earth and how it’s not a perfect circle. At one point the moon is closer to the Earth then at other points. I guess that explains tonight’s moon.
I said to my husband just yesterday that the moon looked kind of big last night. I can’t wait to see what it looks like tonight!the moon’s apparent size in the sky changes.
NASA says that tonight’s moon will be 14% bigger and 30% brighter then other full moons. I’d love to know how they came up with those percentages. Tides will be higher tonight too.
This month’s full moon is known as the Wolf Moon from Native American folklore. The full moon’s of each month are named. January’s is also known as the Old Moon and the Snow Moon.
This all reminds me of a really great children’s book I recently read called “How the Moon Regained Her Shape” by Janet Ruth Heller and illustrated by Ben Hodson. It’s a story based on a Native American folklore. It’s the story of the moon who loved to frolic in the night sky. One day she bumped into the sun and the sun was really mean to her and said some really mean things to her to make her feel like she was useless and unwanted. That made moon very sad and she eventually dwindled down in size to nothing. That is when a friendly comment came to her and brought her to an Indian Lady name “Round Arms”. Round Arms took the moon in and told her to ignore the mean comments from the sun. Round Arms then took the moon to meet other people including an artist who loved to paint images at night because he loved how the moon’s light make everything in the forest sparkle. Round Arms also introduced the moon to a family of rabbits who loved the moonlight because it meant her children could play outside and be safe from many predators who would get them during daylight.
In the end Round Arms and her friends made the Moon know just how valuable she was to them and how much they loved her. That made the Moon feel good about herself and she regained her shape and proudly took her spot back up in the night sky.
How the Moon Regained Her Shape teaches children how to overcome adversity and build self-esteem. The artwork in this book is gorgeous too! There is a lot of American Indian type artwork and it’s very colorful. This book would be great to have in a classroom. It’s also an award winning book including the Benjamin Franklin Award, Moonbeam Children’s Award and the CBC Children’s Choice Award.
How the Moon Regained Her Shape is available at Barnes & Nobles, Walmart, Amazon, Sylvan Publishing and other book retailers.
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