New Moon
Yesterday was a new moon. Now in astronomy, the new moon is the first lunar phase, when the Moon and Sun have the same ecliptic longitude. At this phase, the moon is not visible to the unaided eye. Daylight outshines the earthlight that dimly illuminates the new moon. The actual phase is usually a very thin crescent. Tons of cultures have historically paid attention to what the moon is up to. Which makes sense. If I live in the forest, I wanna know when it gets really dark and a cougar has a better chance of eating my face. It's also a pretty obvious occurrence to mark the passage of time with. In fact, Jewish, Chinese, Hindu, Islamic, and Baha'i calendars all have some sort of association with this moon phase starting a new passage of time. Now if you're a pagan, neo-pagan, Wiccan, or some other metaphysical devotee you also may know that new moons are also paid attention to as a sign of new beginnings. Well if you're going to start something new the time aro...