Whether you think it’s up to the hype or not, this celestial event brings along some spectacular lunar activity and equally fun vocabulary.
While the names of many moon phases are rich in folklore, the 蝉耻辫别谤尘辞辞苍听became聽“super” because of聽Richard Nolle鈥攁n astrologer with a flair for the dramatic.
What does聽蝉耻辫别谤尘辞辞苍听mean?
The prefix super is a Latin loanword meaning 鈥渁bove, beyond鈥� and moon聽is derived from the Old English mona, from the same root as month.
Other moon terms
Lunar聽comes from the Latin lunaris, meaning 鈥渙f the moon,鈥� and perigee聽is derived from the Modern Latin perigeum meaning 鈥渁bout, near.鈥� Lunatic is also of Latin descent and, according to legend, refers to someone who goes mad with the changes of the moon.
The Algonquin tribes kept track of the seasons by naming each recurring full moon. Long before it was dubbed the 鈥渆xtreme supermoon,鈥� the orb of night during the month of March was called by the less melodramatic but equally colorful 鈥渇ull worm moon.鈥� The name refers to the change in temperature and the oncoming spring thaw; earthworm casts appear, promising the return of the robin. Tribes north of the Algonquin聽knew this phase as the 鈥淔ull Crow Moon,鈥� which refers to the cawing of crows鈥攕ignaling the end of winter.
