The crackle and pop of freezing tree boughs broke the muffled silence in the hoarfrost-laden forest, the full Cold Moon shining down silver upon the snow. The “Cold Moon” was what many Native American tribes called the full moon that rises in December, associated with some of the coldest temperatures of the year in the dead of winter. December’s full moon still bears that traditional name.
This year, the full Cold Moon will appear smack in the middle of the month, giving rise to a rare phenomenon, a “black moon.”
