Why isn't the Full Moon called the New Moon?
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Full moon\n\nThe Galileo spacecraft took this composite image on 7 December 1992 on its way to explore the Jupiter system in 1995-97. The color is 'enhanced' in the sense that the CCD camera is sensitive to near infrared wavelengths of light beyond human vision.The Full Moon is the lunar phase that occurs when the Moon lies on the opposite side of Earth from the Sun. The Moon as seen from the surface of Earth is fully illuminated by the Sun at this time, presenting a "full" round disk to viewers on Earth. As always, only half the total surface of the Moon is illuminated.\n\n\n1 Eclipses \n2 Numbers and formulae \n3 Folklore \n4 Calendars \n5 Full Moon names \n6 The Blue moon \n7 See also \n8 References \n \n\n\n\nEclipses\nA Full Moon is the only time when a lunar eclipse is possible; at that time the Moon may move through the shadow cast by Earth. However, because of the tilt or inclination of the Moon's orbit around Earth relative to Earth's orbit around the Sun, the Moon usually passes to the north or south of Earth's shadow at Full Moon, so a lunar eclipse does not occur at every Full Moon.\n\nFull Moons are generally a poor time to conduct astronomical observations, since the bright reflected sunlight from the Moon overwhelms the dimmer light from stars.\n\n\nNumbers and formulae\nAlthough on average it takes only 27.322 days (sidereal month) for the Moon to complete one orbit around Earth, it requires about two more days than that to again catch up with the Sun. On average, the number of days between Full Moons is about 29.5306 days. The actual number of days may differ from the average number by more than a half day. From one Full Moon to the next, the number of days in one lunation can vary between 29.272 and 29.833 days.\n\nThe age and apparent size of the Full Moon vary in a cycle of just under 14 synodic months, which is called the Full moon cycle.\n\nThe combined date and time of Full Moon number N, using a fictitious moon that moves at a strictly mean rate is approximately:\n\nD = 20.362954 + 29.5305888531 × N + 102.19 × 10-12 × N 2 \nD is the number of days (and fractions) since 1 January 2000 00:00:00 UTC, \nN is the count of full moons starting with zero as the first (not 1 as you would have expected) as the first Moon in the year 2000. \nThe true Full Moon may differ from this by up to about 14.5 hours, due to the normal irregularity in the Moon's Keplerian orbit, and due to the periodic perturbations on that Keplerian orbit by the Sun, the equatorial bulge of Earth, and nearby planets.\n\nSee the New Moon page for a detailed explanation of the formula.\n\n\nFolklore\nFull Moons are traditionally associated with temporal insomnia, insanity (hence the terms lunacy and lunatic) and various magical phenomena such as lycanthropy.\n\nPsychologists have found that there is no strong evidence for effects on behaviour around Full Moon [1]. They find that studies are not consistent, with some showing a positive effect, while others will show a negative effect. In one instance, the December 23, 2000 issue of the British Medical Journal published two studies on dog bite admission to hospitals in England and Australia. The study of the Bradford Royal Infirmary found that dog bites were twice as common at Full Moon, while the study of public hospitals in Australia found they were less likely at Full Moon. Psychologists point out that there is a difference between correlation and causation. The mere fact that two events happen at the same time doesn't mean that there is a cause and effect relationship between the two.\n\nNeopagans hold a monthly ritual called an Esbat at each Full Moon.\n\nMany people practicing traditional Chinese religions prepare their ritual offerings to their ancestors and deities on every Full Moon and New Moon.\n\n\nCalendars\nThe Islamic calendar and the traditional Chinese calendar are both based on the phases of the Moon. Neither calendar, however, begins i
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Yes, more babies are born when it is the full moon and so it is for warm animals and fish. Firshermen know about that, and in hospitals nurses and doctors know that when it is the full moon a lot more babies are born. There is also more accidents, more burglary and more fires and more love making. Just make your own observations. Amitiés. Salut
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No That's just a state of mind. There is no way that the phase of the moon will affect how happy I am today. If you constantly believe and think that, you may automatically find yourself wanting to be happy/sad/angry when a full moon rolls around.
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Good Goddess yes!  Ask the tides if you don't think the full moon matters!  The moon has a lot of influence over the energies here on Earth.  It is a proven medical fact that women who live in areas without a high electrical charge menstruate in accordance with the cycles of the moon.  This doesn't mean that the full moon is the only time to cast spells - it depends on what you're hoping to achieve.  Sometimes casting spells on the waxing or waning moon may be better for what you want to accomplish, but any serious witch will charge her/his altar tools under the full moon.\n\nBlessed be!\n)O(
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The Roman Lunar Calendar\nOur present calendar (called the Gregorian Calendar) is a basically solar calendar that grew from what was originally a Lunar calendar used by the Romans. The original calendar contained 10 months of length 29 or 30 days. This was later modified to a 12 month calendar, but 12 months of average length 29.5 days gives only 354 days in the year, whereas the orbital period of the Earth is 365.242199 days. Thus, at the end of each year this calendar was 11 days out of step with the seasons and at the end of 3 years it was almost a month out of step. This was initially corrected in an arbitrary way by adding 13th months, but this was used for various political purposes and soon threw the calendar into severe confusion.\n\nThe Gregorian calendar is the calendar that is used nearly everywhere in the world. A modification of the Julian calendar, it was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, for whom it was named, on 24 February 1582 via the papal bull Inter gravissimas. Its years are numbered using the anno Domini era, based on the perceived birth date of Jesus Christ.\n\nThe Gregorian Calendar was devised because the mean year in the Julian Calendar was slightly too long, causing the vernal equinox to slowly drift backwards in the calendar year.\n\nWhat Do the Names of the Days of the Week Mean?\n\nAn answer to this question is necessarily closely linked to the language in question. Whereas most languages use the same names for the months (with a few Slavonic languages as notable exceptions), there is great variety in names that various languages use for the days of the week. A few examples will be given here.\n\nExcept for the sabbath, Jews simply number their week days.\n\nA related method is partially used in Portuguese and Russian:\n\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n \nEnglish Portuguese Russian Meaning of Russian name \nMonday segunda-feira ponedelnik After "do-nothing" \nTuesday terça-feira vtornik Second \nWednesday quarta-feira sreda Middle \nThursday quinta-feira chetverg Fourth \nFriday sexta-feira pyatnitsa Fifth \nSaturday sabado subbota Sabbath \nSunday domingo voskresenye Resurrection
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I can only assume you need to know how long the moon cycle is and where the half moon falls in the moon cycle.\n\nA moon cycle is 28 days long, so a half moon occurs on the 14th day of the moon cycle, oposite the "New" moon.\n\nHope this helps!
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What Type of Lunar Eclipse?  Penumbral, Partial, or total? I am thinking you mean total. Check out my Source!
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Yes, when there's a full moon in Txas the moon will also be full in India.  The phases of the moon depend on the angle between the earth, moon and sun, and this angle changes as the moon orbits the earth.\n\nWhile the moon may look like it's in different parts of the sky, the phase that you see on any day will be the same phase that everyone else in the world sees that day.
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Our moon isnt the only spherical moon. The reason why some moons are spheres and others arent is that only when objects are massive enough do they become spheres due to their gravity acting on themselves. \n\nTake a look at some of the moons of the outer planets, like titan as the first person mentioned, many of those are spheres.
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A is correct, the moon muct be full, meaning the earth is between the sun and moon.\n\nThe other condition necessary is that the moon must be on the ecliptic.  The orbital path of the moon is tilted five degrees from the ecliptic, which is the plane that holds the orbit of the earth about the sun.  If the moon is above or beow the ecliptic, then the earth's shadow will miss it.  In the summer and the winter, there are two times when the moon crosses this ecliptic.  If there's a full moon in that time, then ther's a good clance of a lunar eclipse.  If there's a new moon in that time, there's a good chance of a solar eclipse.
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What is an eclipse of the Sun? What causes eclipses and why? How often do eclipses happen and when is the next eclipse of the Sun? You'll learn the answers to these questions and more in MrEclipse's primer on solar eclipses. Before we find more about the eclipses of the Sun, we need to first talk about the Moon. \n\nThe Moon is a cold, rocky body about 2,160 miles (3,476 km) in diameter. It has no light of its own but shines by sunlight reflected from its surface. The Moon orbits Earth about once every 29 and a half days. As it circles our planet, the changing position of the Moon with respect to the Sun causes our natural satellite to cycle through a series of phases: \n\nNew, New Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full, \nWaning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Old Crescent and back to New again.\n\n\n\nPhases of theMoon. \nThe phase known as New Moon can not actually be seen because the illuminated side of the Moon is then pointed away from Earth. The rest of the phases are familiar to all of us as the Moon cycles through them month after month. Did you realize that the word month is derived from the Moon's 29.5 day period? \n\nTo many early civilizations, the Moon's monthly cycle was an important tool for measuring the passage of time. In fact many calendars are synchronized to the phases of the Moon. The Hebrew, Muslem and Chinese calendars are all lunar calendars. The New Moon phase is uniquely recognized as the beginning of each calendar month just as it is the beginning on the Moon's monthly cycle. When the Moon is New, it rises and sets with the Sun because it lies very close to the Sun in the sky. Although we cannot see the Moon during New Moon phase, it has a very special significance with regard to eclipses. \n\n\n\nBasic Geometry of the Sun, Moon and Earth During an Eclipse of the Sun \nAn eclipse of the Sun (or solar eclipse) can only occur at New Moon when the Moon passes between Earth and Sun. If the Moon's shadow happens to fall upon Earth's surface at that time, we see some portion of the Sun's disk covered or 'eclipsed' by the Moon. Since New Moon occurs every 29 1/2 days, you might think that we should have a solar eclipse about once a month. Unfortunately, this doesn't happen because the Moon's orbit around Earth is tilted 5 degrees to Earth's orbit around the Sun. As a result, the Moon's shadow usually misses Earth as it passes above or below our planet at New Moon. At least twice a year, the geometry lines up just right so that some part of the Moon's shadow falls on Earth's surface and an eclipse of the Sun is seen from that region. \n\nThe Moon's shadow actually has two parts: \n\nPenumbra - Faint outer shadow; partial eclipses are seen from within this shadow. \n\nUmbra- Dark inner shadow; total eclipses are seen from within this shadow. \n\nWhen only the Moon's penumbral shadow strikes Earth, we see a partial eclipse of the Sun from that region. Partial eclipses are dangerous to look at because the un-eclipsed part of the Sun is still very bright. You must use special filters or a home-made pinhole projector to safely watch a partial eclipse of the Sun (see: Eclipses & Eye Safety). \n\nHowever, if the Moon's dark umbral shadow sweeps across Earth's surface, then a total eclipse of the Sun is seen (see figure below). The track of the Moon's shadow across Earth's surface is called the Path of Totality. It is typically 10,000 miles long but only 100 miles or so wide. In order to see the Sun totally eclipsed by the Moon, you must be in the path of totality. \n\n\n\nTotal Solar Eclipse and the Path of Totality \nThe total phase of a solar eclipse is very brief. It rarely lasts more than several minutes. Nevertheless, it is considered to be one of the most awe inspiring spectacles in all of nature. The sky takes on an eerie twilight as the Sun's bright face is replaced by the black disk of the Moon. Surrounding the Moon
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The moon although is a sphere, but it is so far away that it appear a flat round disk. there is nothing strange about this and if people are not educated that moon is a spherical rock, they'd probably think it's a round flat disk.\n\nBut for me, I see it as a hole in the ceiling.
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By United Nation policies, no one can "own" a piece of the moon. It is like the Star Registery in that it is not universally recognized. It is for novelty enjoyment only.
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This could be a reason:\n\nMoon Storms\n\nAn old Apollo experiment is telling researchers something new and surprising about the moon.\n\nDecember 7, 2005: Every lunar morning, when the sun first peeks over the dusty soil of the moon after two weeks of frigid lunar night, a strange storm stirs the surface.\n\nThe next time you see the moon, trace your finger along the terminator, the dividing line between lunar night and day. That's where the storm is. It's a long and skinny dust storm, stretching all the way from the north pole to the south pole, swirling across the surface, following the terminator as sunrise ceaselessly sweeps around the moon.\n\nNever heard of it? Few have. But scientists are increasingly confident that the storm is real.\n\nThe evidence comes from an old Apollo experiment called LEAM, short for Lunar Ejecta and Meteorites. "Apollo 17 astronauts installed LEAM on the moon in 1972," explains Timothy Stubbs of the Solar System Exploration Division at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. "It was designed to look for dust kicked up by small meteoroids hitting the moon's surface." \n\nRight: The box in the foreground is the Lunar Ejecta and Meteorites Experiment (LEAM). [More]\n\nBillions of years ago, meteoroids hit the moon almost constantly, pulverizing rocks and coating the moon's surface with their dusty debris. Indeed, this is the reason why the moon is so dusty. Today these impacts happen less often, but they still happen.\n\nApollo-era scientists wanted to know, how much dust is ejected by daily impacts? And what are the properties of that dust? LEAM was to answer these questions using three sensors that could record the speed, energy, and direction of tiny particles: one each pointing up, east, and west.\n\nLEAM's three-decade-old data are so intriguing, they're now being reexamined by several independent groups of NASA and university scientists. Gary Olhoeft, professor of geophysics at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, is one of them:\n\n\n"To everyone's surprise," says Olhoeft, "LEAM saw a large number of particles every morning, mostly coming from the east or west--rather than above or below--and mostly slower than speeds expected for lunar ejecta."\n\nWhat could cause this? Stubbs has an idea: "The dayside of the moon is positively charged; the nightside is negatively charged." At the interface between night and day, he explains, "electrostatically charged dust would be pushed across the terminator sideways," by horizontal electric fields. (Learn more: "Moon Fountains." ) \nEven more surprising, Olhoeft continues, a few hours after every lunar sunrise, the experiment's temperature rocketed so high--near that of boiling water--that "LEAM had to be turned off because it was overheating."\n\nThose strange observations could mean that "electrically-charged moondust was sticking to LEAM, darkening its surface so the experiment package absorbed rather than reflected sunlight," speculates Olhoeft.\n\nBut nobody knows for sure. LEAM operated for a very short time: only 620 hours of data were gathered during the icy lunar night and a mere 150 hours of data from the blazing lunar day before its sensors were turned off and the Apollo program ended.\n\nAstronauts may have seen the storms, too. While orbiting the Moon, the crews of Apollo 8, 10, 12, and 17 sketched "bands" or "twilight rays" where sunlight was apparently filtering through dust above the moon's surface. This happened before each lunar sunrise and just after each lunar sunset. NASA's Surveyor spacecraft also photographed twilight "horizon glows," much like what the astronauts saw.\n\n\n\nIt's even possible that these storms have been spotted from Earth: For centuries, there have been reports of strange glowing lights on the moon, known as "lunar transient phenomena"
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Assuming that the moon is at a location visible from both Greece and Texas, which is entirely possible, then yes you will both see a full moon.  If not, then Greece will see a full moon as soon as the moon rises for them.\n\nBut chances are, you are asking about the "fullness" of the moon from different terrestrial vantage points.  Then the answer is still yes, because what people perceive to be a "full" moon is subject to a very wide margin of visual ambiguity.  The moon can be "not quite full" by several degrees and still appear perfectly full and round to the human eye.  This is what lets us see a full moon for an entire night, and in fact most of the time, for several nights in a row.\n\nIf our visual acuity were able to discern the lit versus dark surface of the moon under more strict contrast (much, much more strict), then for most of that time we would see the tiniest sliver of dark and perceive the moon as not-quite-full.  The closer our vision approaches to perfect (and the more perfectly transparent our atmosphere becomes), then the less amount of time we would believe the moon were truly full.\n\nEventually, and technically, the moon can only be truly full for a fraction of a second, but then it would only be so during the peak of a lunar eclipse, which rather takes away from its "fullness", haha.  This is the instant that the moon is perfectly opposite the Earth from the sun.
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The moon (from the Old English for a month - the lunar cycle) does have a classical name like other satellites.  it is Luna, as the answerer above has said.  that is why, even in English, we talk about "the lunar orbit," or a "lunar eclipse."  Luna is the Roman goddess of the moon (Selene in Greek.)  Further more, the moon is called the moon in English, not in French - la lune, Spanish - la luna, Arabic - qamar or the other languages in the world.  Here is a link to the various names of the moon (including links to other languages) have fun: http://www.fabandpp.org/cotm/moons.htm
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If you read an astronomy text book, you will see that the Moon and the Sun are capitalized.  When I studied astronomy, I was trained to do so as well.  This is to differentiate between the object called the Moon and another moon, like Phobos, which is a moon of Mars.  \n\nThe Moon and the Sun have other names as well.  SF writers will refer to Luna and Sol when people live on the Moon or travel outside our solar system.  "Oh, I'm from Terra, Sol 3A, but my wife was born on Luna, Sol 3B."\n\nThe problem is a historical one.  We called this planet the Earth and its major sky-lights the Sun and the Moon when we didn't know that there were others.  It's hard to break a millenia-old habit.