On Thanksgiving night we will have a full moon, the Bay Scallop Moon. The moon appears in the zodiacal constellation Taurus.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac calls this full moon the Beaver Moon, but that doesn’t make any sense here. Our full moon is named after the season’s most cherished autumn product, a product with far more followers.

Take an opportunity to look for the moon as it rises in the east around sunset. The moon starts out looking large and gradually shrinks in apparent size as it gets higher in the sky.

By late night, you’ll see the moon in its fullness. With ease you’ll see that it is close to the popular star cluster Pleiades and the bright star Aldebaran, the brightest star in the constellation.