of what?

hi xenia!

And even at the polls, it will remain below the horizon for only about 2 weeks at a time, rather than the 6 months that the sun will. So if we had a time keeping system based on subdivisions of the synodic month, it would be very straightforward to standardise it worldwide.

But if I see a full moon here, the moon will either appear full or be below the horizon where you are. And if the moon is below the horizon and you are outside the polar circles, it will rise again in at most about a day.

However, this is the only one of these cycles that occurs more or less simultaneously everywhere on Earth. The apparent time of day depends completely on your longitude and the northern and southern temperate/polar regions experience seasons exactly in antiphase.

Lots of memetic associations with witches and demons and astrology and neo-paganism. Our modern calendar approximates the solar day and tropical year pretty closely, whilst calendar months are completely disconnected from what the moon actually looks like.

"cold war (era)"?

Are there any inedible birds?

yes

there was some stuff on the tray below before I moved it and took this photo, so that's probably why some of the icicle ends are misshapen.