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CANAVERAL, Florida -- There will be a Full Moon tonight on Wednesday, January 15,
2014 beginning with a moonrise over the Atlantic at 5:40 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (with a few
minutes of variation depending on your exact location).
The Full Moon will technically be 99.8% full
at 11:53 p.m. before it sets the
following Thursday morning at 7:16 a.m. A Full Moon in January has seasonal names
such as a "Wolf's Moon" or "Old Moon."
For
those planning a moonlit stroll along the beach on the U.S. East Coast, this Full Moon brings along with it a 3.1-foot
Atlantic Ocean high tide that will occur around 7:09 p.m., with a few
minutes of variation depending on your exact location. A very low tide will occur at 1:23 a.m. Thursday morning.
Image Credit: NASA
Image Credit: NASA
