The New Moon

The New Moon of July in Cancer on the 24th at 3:11PM EDT introduces Lunation 1269 which ends 28.95 days later with the New Moon of August 22 at 2:06PM EDT. The Full Moon on the 10th at 4:37PM EDT in Sagittarius is a Hay, or Thunder Moon. Colonial Americans called it "Summer Moon". To the Celts it was "Moon of Claiming", and it is "Hungry Ghost Moon" in China. Medieval English thought of it as "Mead Moon" and to Anishinaabe (Odawa, Potawatomi, and Ojibwe) people, it is Aabita-niibinagitziis (Mid Summer Moon) or Miin-giizis (Berry Moon). Nanaboujou, the heroic Anishinaabe Protecting Spirit and trickster, is the constellation which dominates the southern sky in the summer season (Niibin). It rises in Scorpius in the southeast before sunset and sets about 1:00 or 2:00AM EDT in July. Anishinaabe stories about Nanaboujou play a central role in indigenous culture, teaching how to live appropriately. They are comparable to Christian parables. The following link leads to one of these native stories. It is about Naniboujou and the Thunderbirds: (https://www.reddit.com/r/Native_Stories/ comments/13m91sc/ naniboujou_and_the_thunderbirds/) Ontario's Earth Haven Farm presents cultural teachings of the Mississauga branch of the Anishinabek Nation including the cycle of life and nature of the 13 Grandmother Moons. "The seventh moon of Creation is Raspberry Moon, when great changes begin. By learning gentleness and kindness, we may pass through the thorns of its bush and harvest its fruit, knowledge that will help in raising our families." The Moon is at Lunar Apogee (maximum lunar distance of 251,423 mi. (63.44 Earth radii) on July 4 at 10:29PM EDT. Lunar perigee is on July 20 at 9:55AM EDT. The Moon is at 228,690 mi. (57.70 Earth radii). The waning gibbous Moon passes Neptune and Saturn on the 16th. The waning crescent Moon passes Uranus on the 20th, Venus on the 21st, and Jupiter on the 22nd. The waxing crescent Moon passes Mercury on the 25th, almost 10 hours after New Moon. The waxing crescent Moon passes Mars on the 28th.