Early comments on the full Worm Moon and Equinox coming up on 20 Mar 2019:
Just surfing around on Equinoxes because when I was working, the sun was low and due east or west in my commutes around that time of day and time of year.
And of course most streets around here are due east or west, making sun glare a kind of dangerous thing. I would travel east in the morning and west after work. Without getting stupid about it, it's a good idea to keep your eyeballs pretty much glued on the brake lights of the car in front of you. Brook no distractions.
If you live east of your workplace, no problem except keep your lights turned on since folks coming the other way will have the sun in their eyes.
Driving since 1956 CE, we learn a thing or two since we've done a thing or two.
I'm not commuting since I retired, but my usual erranding is around sunset. And the supposed glare reducing dashboard in my car is totally freakin' ineffective at some sun angles.
This year I may get some black velvet to lay over the dashboard to reduce the glare.
Anyhow, possibly of interest a little in advance:
A Full Moon on the Equinox
For the first time in nearly 40 years, the spring equinox will occur on the same day as March’s Full Worm Moon. The last time that these two events landed on the same date was on March 20, 1981, though they did come close again in March 2000, separated by a span of only four hours.
But that’s not all: March’s full Moon will also be a supermoon, meaning that it will be slightly larger and brighter than most of the other full moons this year.
https://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-spring-vernal-equinoxSo, just so you can be a water cooler wizard in the upcoming days.
Terry, 230RN
REFs:
Northern Hemisphere full moon names by month:
January: Old Moon, Moon After Yule
February: Snow Moon, Hunger Moon, Wolf Moon
March: Sap Moon, Crow Moon, Lenten Moon, Worm Moon
April: Grass Moon, Egg Moon, Pink Moon
May: Flower Moon, Planting Moon, Milk Moon
June: Rose Moon, Flower Moon, Strawberry Moon
July: Thunder Moon, Hay Moon
August: Green Corn Moon, Grain Moon
September: Fruit Moon, Harvest Moon
October: Harvest Moon, Hunter’s Moon
November: Hunter’s Moon, Frosty Moon, Beaver Moon
December: Cold Moon, Moon Before Yule, Long Night Moon
Southern Hemisphere full moon names by month:
January: Hay Moon, Buck Moon, Thunder Moon, Mead Moon
February (mid-summer): Grain Moon, Sturgeon Moon, Red Moon, Wyrt Moon, Corn Moon, Dog Moon, Barley Moon
March: Harvest Moon, Corn Moon
April: Harvest Moon, Hunter’s Moon, Blood Moon
May: Hunter’s Moon, Beaver Moon, Frost Moon
June: Oak Moon, Cold Moon, Long Night Moon
July: Wolf Moon, Old Moon, Ice Moon
August: Snow Moon, Storm Moon, Hunger Moon, Wolf Moon
September: Worm Moon, Crow Moon, Sugar Moon, Chaste Moon, Sap Moon
October: Egg Moon, Fish Moon, Seed Moon, Pink Moon, Waking Moon
November: Corn Moon, Milk Moon, Flower Moon, Hare Moon
December: Strawberry Moon, Honey Moon, Rose Moon
About once every 19 years, February has no full moon at all
https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/full-moon-names#northernhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermoon(with illustrations)
