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Sturgeon Moon to rise over Britain this week and will appear full for two nights
This week, the Sturgeon Moon will shine out over Britain in the last full moon of summer and will be visible for two nights. This week, the Sturgeon Moon will shine out over Britain in the last full moon of summer - but it's a rather unusual one. While the moon is full, technically speaking on Saturday 9th August, it will also appear full at the same time on Friday. The reason is that in August, the moon lies low in the southern sky, according to Live Science, and the 'time difference' of moonrise between successive nights is relatively short - so the moon will appear full on both nights. When will the Sturgeon Moon rise? The moon will peak on the 9th August at 8.55am, but this means that it should be visible at dusk on both Friday and Saturday nights - and will still look impressive on Sunday. BBC Sky at Night magazine advises, 'If you do find a great spot to observe the Sturgeon Moon … you can see it again, weather permitting of course. 'There will be a very subtle difference in timing and position, so perhaps this is something you could try to observe for yourself.' Why is it called the Sturgeon moon? The names we use for full moons today (such as 'cold moon', 'wolf moon' and 'harvest moon') come to us indirectly from Native American traditions NASA's Gordon Johnston wrote: 'In the 1930s the Maine Farmer's Almanac began publishing 'Indian' names for the full moons, tying these names to the European months. The Sturgeon moon is named because the fish appears in large numbers in summer, and was named by North American fishing tribes. It's also sometimes known as the green corn moon, the grain moon (due to the harvest) or the red moon due to the reddish colour it can appear on summer nights. What is a full moon? Full moons occur when the Earth is directly in line between the moon and the sun. They take place when the Moon is completely illuminated by the Sun's rays. Why will the moon be lower in the sky? The moon will be low in the sky due to the fact that from the Northern Hemisphere, the sun is high in the sky during the day due to the tilt of Earth's axis, with the moon hugging the southern horizon all night. Another reason the moon will appear lower in the sky due to last December's major lunar standstill, which operates on an 18.6 year cycle. This means the moon's path across the sky is longer: 'major lunar standstills' occur when the tilt of the moon and the tilt of the Earth coincide. Archaeologist and historian Jennifer Wexler says, "Over several years, the limits of moonrise and moonset themselves gradually change, until they reach the point where the northernmost and southernmost moonrise and moonset positions are at their maximum distance apart on the horizon. "This two-year period is what is known as a major lunar standstill, or lunistice, and it only occurs every 18.6 years. "Once a major standstill is reached, the distance between northernmost and southernmost moonrise and moonset can be exceptionally far apart, and it stays that way for around two years." Why will it be bigger and look orange? The moon will not actually be bigger, but will appear bigger because it is near the horizon, which makes people perceive it as larger, relatively speaking. The moon illusion occurs when the moon is near the horizon, and makes our satellite appear much bigger. The phenomenon has been known since ancient times but is still not fully understood. When the moon is low in the sky, it can appear reddish or an orange colour from Earth. This is caused by sunlight passing through Earth's atmosphere after bouncing off the moon.
New York Times
4 hours ago
- New York Times
Hail Kale Caesar Pasta Salad
Good morning! Today we have for you: A pasta salad with real umami punch (and lots of good-for-you greens) A 10-minute Melissa Clark fish dish Plus, a mesmerizing video of pillowy pancakes I'm a good eater, as you might expect. But I do have my eating quirks and preferences. I don't like raw celery unless it's chopped into small pieces (it's the strings). I like bananas best when they're still green. And I like a kale Caesar more than a romaine Caesar. Sturdy, assertive Caesar salad dressing, I think, deserves an equally sturdy, assertive canvas. I do enjoy the refreshing crispness of romaine, but I really love how kale, especially when massaged with the dressing, softens into and absorbs those umami flavors. Dan Pelosi must also understand this, because he's made us a kale Caesar pasta salad. His dressing is an easy-to-pull-together mix of mayonnaise, Parmesan, anchovies, garlic, mustard and lemon; if you can't find baby kale, simply slice the Tuscan kind into ribbons. Panko (or homemade bread crumbs) adds crunch, and — unlike with a romaine Caesar — leftovers are happy to hang out in the fridge for several days. Reviews are already trickling in, and they're glowing (and helpful!): 'Dan's recipes are always delicious and this is no exception!' writes Nicole, a reader. 'Do not skip the breadcrumbs as they add great flavor. My only regret is not using a bigger bowl because I couldn't fit as much kale as I wanted. Use a really big bowl!' Featured Recipe View Recipe → Chicken thighs with fresh plum agrodolce: If I bring home a perfect, crisp red plum, it goes straight into my mouth. If I bring home a slightly mealy red plum, it goes into this five-star Samantha Seneviratne recipe, where plums simmer with sherry vinegar and honey to make a sweet-sour sauce for boneless chicken thighs. You can find five more easy ways to cook with summer stone fruit here. Broiled fish with lemon curry butter: You had me at 'lemon curry butter.' And 'Melissa Clark.' And 'broiler' (which I'm trying to use more often, given that it's right there and cooks fish in a flash). Iced matcha latte: I love a matcha latte, but I do not love paying [redacted] for a matcha latte. With this simple recipe from Zaynab Issa and some 'affordable and flavorful' matcha, I can make as many as I like, iced or hot, at home. Maybe you, like me, don't live in New York City. Maybe you do, but you don't want to wait in line to try Golden Diner's plush, beloved pancakes. Or maybe, regardless of residence, you've had the Golden Diner pancakes and want to eat them again and again. We're all in luck, because Genevieve Ko has adapted the chef Sam Yoo's recipe for those glorious golden beauties. Click here or on the image below to watch them being made:
New York Times
10 hours ago
- New York Times
How I Built My Ruthless Summer Reading List
I acquire far too many books, usually under the theory that I will get to all of them someday, 'someday' being the most elastic of reading time frames. Some of my somedays have lasted decades, and many more have yet to end. The illusion of someday is sustained in part by the anticipation of summer, a magical place of reduced obligations and infinite time, when all things unread will find their moment in the sun. And so I engage in a ritual as intrinsic to the season as bug bites, flash floods and heat advisories: assembling a summer reading list. It's a stressful exercise for me, one that often spans several months. Between my job as a columnist and my forced labor on a literary prize jury, there are already many books I am required to read each year. This makes selecting a handful of additional books — ones I'll read just because I choose to — especially hard. There are few slots left, so I can't just crack open a meh book under my beach umbrella. This is not Nam, this is reading; there are rules. I avoid the best-seller lists (too obvious), the 'most anticipated' lists (too eager) and brand-new books (too soon). I skip books by my colleagues in journalism, ostensibly because it's hard to pick favorites, but really because I need a break from all that. I'm also reluctant to take any book that a friend has given me as a gift; if I don't like it, I might start questioning the friendship. And no Oprah or Reese picks for me — those books are doing just fine without my $29.95. Instead, I scan the unread portions of my own shelves obsessively, day after day, no matter if my vacation is months or days away. I've developed three categories of books to take to the beach, and each year I try to pick at least one from each. It's not as simple as selecting fiction or nonfiction, mass market or highbrow, classics or trashy. The categories reflect personal guilt, professional necessity and, finally, the quest for enjoyment untainted by obligation. Category No. 1 is made up of the I've Always Meant to Read This Book books. Perennials here include 'All the Light We Cannot See' by Anthony Doerr, 'The Bluest Eye' by Toni Morrison and 'The Omni-Americans' by Albert Murray. I want to read them. I plan to read them. I tell myself I will read them, just not right now. Someday! (I've meant to pick up 'The Bluest Eye' ever since I read Morrison's 'Beloved' as a freshman in college, and that's when George Bush was president. The first President Bush.) Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
