Once a year in January, around sunset, the Wolf Moon rises over Veliki Vrh peak in the Karavanke Alps, right behind Lake Bled castle and island church in Slovenia .
This year is a bit more special than usual, because it is the extreme moon, the major lunar standstill of 2025, which means this full Moon is at it's northernmost point.
The major lunar standstill results from the rotation of the Moon’s inclined orbit over an 18.6-year cycle. Because the greatest monthly excursion of the Moon changes very little during a standstill, we can observe the phenomenon much of 2025. The last time this happened was in January 2006. Unlike an eclipse, a standstill can be observed at any location on Earth.
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Extreme Full Moon rising behind Lake Bled in Slovenia
