{"id":6216,"date":"2012-10-04T09:25:59","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T13:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/?p=6216"},"modified":"2012-10-07T09:30:49","modified_gmt":"2012-10-07T13:30:49","slug":"rosss-almanac-for-october-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2012\/10\/rosss-almanac-for-october-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"ROSS\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S ALMANAC for October 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Compiled by Kirk Ross<\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/>\nRolling through the great Midwest recently, it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t difficult to see the effects of an intense, extended drought and realize that while we had a dry spell earlier this year, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been spared from the withering just west of the mountains. There was damaged corn in the fields unharvested and waiting for the spring plows, and the tips of far too many trees were already browned and ready for fall.<\/p>\n<p>We may have escaped some of the severe effects, but not all. The forest floor around here already is scattered with the early adopters of autumn foliage. The trees here took a beating in the warm weather season. Many had just leafed out when late June\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wave of 100-degree days washed over us for a week or two. They may be in a hurry to take their rest. So if you see some fall color, stop and take it in. Dormancy is right around the corner.<\/p>\n<p>Oct. 1 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Sunrise: 7:12 a.m.; Sunset: 6:59 p.m.<br \/>\nOct. 31 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Sunrise: 7:38 a.m.; Sunset: 6:21 p.m.<br \/>\nLast Quarter \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Oct. 8  New Moon \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Oct. 15<br \/>\nFirst Quarter \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Oct. 21  Full Moon \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Oct. 29<\/p>\n<p>The full moon in <strong>October<\/strong> is the Harvest Moon, Blood Moon and Travel Moon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Planets &#038; Stars<\/strong><br \/>\nAt nightfall, Mars lies low in the southwest. On Oct. 20, Mars appears near the star Antares, which is reddish like Mars and whose name means \u00e2\u20ac\u0153not Mars.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Jupiter is in the constellation Taurus the Bull, east of an orange-ish star, Aldebaran, which marks the eye of the bull. Venus dominates the eastern pre-dawn sky, and on the morning of Oct. 3 appears very, very close to the bright star Regulus in Leo the Lion. Mercury and Saturn spend the month buried in twilight glow.<br \/>\n<em>\u00e2\u20ac\u201dAmy Sayle, Morehead Planetarium and Science Center<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Significant Dates<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>October<\/strong> is Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Seafood Month, National Pizza Month and Cookie Month.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Oct. 4 is National Golf Day<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Do Something Nice Day is Oct. 5<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 University Day is Oct. 12<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 International Skeptics Day is Oct. 13, if you can believe it<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Oct. 17 is Wear Something Gaudy Day<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 National Nut Day is Oct. 21<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Punk for a Day is Oct. 25<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 National Candy Corn Day is Oct. 30<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Halloween is, well, you know<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Compiled by Kirk Ross Rolling through the great Midwest recently, it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t difficult to see the effects of an intense, extended drought and realize that while we had a dry spell earlier this year, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been spared from the withering just west of the mountains. 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