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As the final full moon of both 2024 and fall, the rise of the Cold Moon will provide a spectacular, if frosty, finale to the celestial calendar.
The Cold Moon is so named because it rises just a week before the December solstice, the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, which signals the beginning of astronomical winter. It's also known as the Long Nights Moon and the Moon Before Yule, referring to a Pagan festival coinciding with the solstice.
Since the moon will be opposite the sun, the moon will mirror the sun's movements. When the sun is at its lowest point in the daytime southern sky, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere, the Cold Moon will be at its highest.
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