December's moon is known as the cold moon for obvious reasons.
12月的月亮被称为冷月，原因很明显。
Astronomically speaking, December is a great month. A number of meteor showers pelt the earth's atmosphere and light up the night, including the popular and prolific Geminids mid-month. There are also opportunities to see various planets in the night sky, and other astronomical events too. Throughout all that, the moon will continue its cyclical series of phases, with a full moon overnight on December 7.
从天文学上讲，12月是个好月份。许多流星雨撞击着地球的大气层，照亮了整个夜晚，包括月中的双子座流星雨。也有机会看到夜空中的各种行星，以及其他天文事件。在整个过程中，月亮将继续它的循环周期，12月7日晚上是满月。
This full moon is sometimes called the cold moon. Just as October's moon is called the hunter moon and July's is moon is called the buck moon, December's moon has a variety of names but is most often referred to as the cold moon.
这种满月有时被称为冷月。就像十月的月亮被称为猎人的月亮，七月的月亮被称为雄鹿的月亮一样，十二月的月亮有各种各样的名字，但最常被称为冷月。
The origins of the name "cold moon" can be traced to the Mohawk people, a Native American group that traditionally inhabited southeastern Canada and northern New York State.
“冷月”这个名字的起源可以追溯到莫霍克人，这是一个传统上居住在加拿大东南部和纽约州北部的美国土著民族。
When to See the Cold Moon 什么时候看冷月In 2022, the full cold moon will occur at 04:09 GMT on Dec. 8 (11:09 p.m. EDT or 8:09 p.m. PDT on Dec. 7 for those in North America). As you might expect, this makes the cold moon one of the most appropriately named for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere: December is typically one of the coldest months of the year, and the winter solstice on the 21st marks the official start of the winter season.
2022年，满月将出现在12月8日格林尼治标准时间04:09分(美国东部时间12月7日晚上11:09分或美国东部时间12月7日晚上8:09分)。正如你所料，这使得冷月成为最适合我们北半球人的名字之一:12月通常是一年中最冷的月份之一，而21日的冬至标志着冬季的正式开始。
The Cold Moon has Many Other Names 冷月还有很多其他的名字While calling December's full moon the cold moon is perhaps the most logical nickname for it, there are other names that can refer to this moon phase. These include the drift clearing moon, frost exploding trees moon, and hoar frost moon – all of which come from the Cree people, the moon of the popping trees (Oglala), the snow moon (Haida, Cherokee), and the long night moon (Mohican).
虽然称12月的满月为冷月可能是对它最合理的昵称，但还有其他的名字可以指这个月相。这些包括飘清的月亮，霜花爆炸的树的月亮，和白霜的月亮——所有这些都来自克里人，爆裂树的月亮(Oglala)，雪月(Haida, Cherokee)，和长夜的月亮(Mohican)。
This last nickname also makes a lot of sense, as the December full moon occurs during the time of year when the days are short and the nights are long in the Northern Hemisphere, surrounding the winter solstice.
最后这个绰号也很有意义，因为12月的满月发生在北半球一年中白短夜长的时候，也就是冬至前后。
In Europe, pagan groups have also called the December full moon the "moon before yule," referring to the Yule festival at the winter solstice.
在欧洲，异教徒团体也把12月的满月称为“圣诞前的月亮”，指的是冬至的圣诞节。
You might wonder how often the long night moon falls on the winter solstice, the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. This has happened just 10 times since 1800, and most recently occurred in 2018.
你可能想知道，在北半球一年中夜晚最长的冬至日，月亮多长时间会落下一次?自1800年以来，这种情况只发生过10次，最近一次发生在2018年。
If you missed that long night moon, the next completely accurate one will occur on Dec. 21, 2094.
如果你错过了那个长夜月亮，下一次完全准确的满月将发生在2094年12月21日。
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