The Cold Moon will blind the sky tonight, with the Full Moon rising in the early hours of December 30th. Stargazers can expect the Moon to arrive in all its glory at 3:38 am on December 30.
This time, the moon is called the cold moon, so named because of its rise in the winter month of December.
The Royal Greenwich Observatory said: “With the arrival of winter, the full moon in December was called cold moon.
“Other names are the long night moon and the oak moon.”
The moon takes 29.5 days to complete a cycle and reappears in the sky as a full moon.
As such, a calendar month can occasionally experience two Full Moons.
The second Full Moon in a month is called a Blue Moon, with 2020’s Blue Moon on October 31.
This means that in some years a Full Moon can illuminate the sky for 13 different occasions.
Tonight sees the 13th and last Full Moon of the year.
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“When the path of the sun appears lowest in the sky during the year, the path of the full moon opposite the sun appears highest in the sky.”
According to the Met Office, clouds can disappear overnight, allowing much of Britain to see the Full Moon in all its glory.
The meteorological service said: “Winter showers hit the north and west with further snow in the far north.
“Most inland areas are drying with clear spells and widespread frost. Probably there is ice and icy fog.”