# When did full moons start becoming a thing? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 13, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-full-moons-start-becoming-a-thing/967894 "2022-07-13T18:15:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-full-moons-start-becoming-a-thing/967894/41 "2022-07-15T00:37:51Z")
Just a video creepypasta from a series about a low-power TV station in West Virginia which is being targeted by the eldrich horror that lives in the Moon. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-full-moons-start-becoming-a-thing/967894/42 "2022-07-15T01:44:29Z")
The horizon apparently dropping can be an effect you can try for yourself. A few minutes before “sunrise” stand up straight outdoors with a wide view of the horizon, facing easterly to where the sun will appear. Hold an arm straight out, pointing to the horizon; it’ll be pointing a few degrees above the top of the sun. Start raising your arm at the same speed that the sun moves up, and as the top edge of the sun appears, keep pointing the same few degrees above the sun. You might try leaning back a little. Keep focusing on the point where you are pointing at, and you can feel the eastern horizon sink; it’s kind of eerie. (You might need a little imagination too!) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-full-moons-start-becoming-a-thing/967894/43 "2022-07-15T02:23:24Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Algonquin. Ironically… > **[Full Moon Names for 2024](https://www.almanac.com/full-moon-names)** > > See the full Moon name for each month of the year from The 2024 Old Farmer's Almanac. Learn the special meaning behind each names—from January's Wolf Moon to December's Cold Moon. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-full-moons-start-becoming-a-thing/967894/44 "2022-07-15T05:41:14Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I don’t care what you call the Moon (H̵̨̢͇̮̟̝͉̻͔̤̠̣͖̮͈̀̒̋̒̀͒̽̐͆̋̎͒͆͘͝i̴̹͔̱̗͙̿̔̾́̈̂͆̈́͗͌̂̊͆̓͆ṡ̸̨̢̡̛̠̲̜͓̘̩͕̲̣̥͔͂̅͑̋ ̴̡̧̧̛̛͖̪̱͍͉͊̑͛̊̄̐̆̚͜͝T̶͓̳̆̈̈́̊̄̿̈́̽̅͑̄̈̕͘͝h̶̛̖̦̪̊̏̾̿͛̒̓̒͛̕̕͠r̵͇̦͇̬̻͓͍̰͋̋̂̂̈́́̽͊̏̚͘͘ͅỡ̶̢͉̝̘̥̤͔̭̬́̎̀́͑̔̓̀͝͝n̶̨̺̼̼͕͇̲̜̍͝e̶̢̛͙͔̫͜ͅ), all I know is that you absolutely shouldn’t look at it. In 1970 I was on the east coast during a solar eclipse that was about 95% total. I went outside with my pinhole box about fifteen minutes before maximum and there was absolutely no one else doing the same the same thing nor did anyone come out in the half hour or so I was out there. I figured the dire warnings about not looking directly at the sunk in to the point they were figuring the rays were poisonous or something, ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-full-moons-start-becoming-a-thing/967894/45 "2022-07-15T09:03:30Z")
Agree with the OP, and I guess it comes down to “something special is happening in the sky tonight” has a lot of the needed properties for going viral, that’s it. For now anyway. Probably after a few years of this too many people will roll their eyes and the fad will be over. \ I took a look at the moon with binoculars for the first time ever in the last couple of days, and was blown away. I’ve been stargazing a few times, which is always done on a moonless night. It’s the first time I’ve took a look at the moon itself and it’s amazing how clearly you can see the craters with a little magnification. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-full-moons-start-becoming-a-thing/967894/46 "2022-07-15T10:04:16Z")
The full moon this month (13th July) was relatively large, because it was close to the Earth in its orbit; it was also relatively low down in the sky, because of the inclination of the Moon’s orbit. The Moon was about 5 degrees lower than the ecliptic on this day, so was very close to the horizon from where I live, and this allows the Moon Illusion to kick in. > **[The Moon Illusion: Why Does the Moon Look So Big Sometimes? – NASA Solar...](https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1191/the-moon-illusion-why-does-the-moon-look-so-big-sometimes/)** > > Why does the Moon look so big when it's rising or setting? The Moon illusion is the name for this trick our brains play on us. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-full-moons-start-becoming-a-thing/967894/47 "2022-07-19T20:51:30Z")
M-O-O-N, that spells “overhyped”. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-full-moons-start-becoming-a-thing/967894/48 "2022-08-21T05:00:54Z")
Is that a The Stand reference? If not, what long ago and barely remembered movie/tv show is that from? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-full-moons-start-becoming-a-thing/967894/49 "2022-08-21T07:24:24Z")
D-O-G spells “dog”, D-O-G. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-full-moons-start-becoming-a-thing/967894.md?page=2)