Cold Moon


Cold Moon, New York

Cold Moon: Martha Stewart

Cold Moon, New Jersey


Native Americans call December's
Full Moon "Cold" Moon"— since
freezing season of Winter is coming.

Crees call it Drift Clearing Moon,
Cherokees call it the Snow Moon,
Mohicans call it Long Night Moon.

Mars occultation by the Full Moon
on December 7, 2022 at 6:31 pm PST,
reappearing an hour later from behind.

Christina Rossetti wrote
"A Daughter of Eve" poem
sitting alone with sorrow—

A fool I was to sleep at noon,
And wake when night is chilly
Beneath the comfortless cold moon.


Wear layered clothing to keep warm
like Robert Peary at the North Pole—
be prepared for the wintry storm.

"Before Abraham was, I am."
December is when Christ is born.
Crack the Zen koan— Alakazam!


Santa's reindeers are coming by
bringing toys to children everywhere
as snowy Cold Moon lights up the sky.

— Peter Y. Chou
     Mountain View, 12-7-2022

Full Cold Moon
Farmer's Almanac


Mars Occultation by Moon
Dec. 7, 2022, 6:31 pm (PST)


Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
"A Daughter of Eve" (1875)


Robert Peary
Bundled up for North Pole


Santa's Reindeers Coming