Somal

Golarion has one large, grey, crater-scarred moon, which was called Somal by the Azlanti. Golarion's moon is tidally locked, and thus always shows the same face to its planet, causing much speculation about what actually is on the dark side of the moon. Size-wise, the moon has a surface of just seven percent that of Golarion's. From Golarion, the moon is seen to have a shadowy area on its lower quadrant. Astronomers document this as a mountain range or a canyon. An ancient rumor exists that when the Starstone plunged to Golarion thousands of years ago, parts of it broke off in the planet's atmosphere and ended up landing on the moon.

Lunar Calendar

Golarion has a lunar calendar which follows the phases of its moon. Each full moon is given its own name and, in order through the year, they are:

• Long Moon
• Fated Moon
• Rebirth Moon
• Flood Moon
• Blossom Moon
• Sweet Moon
• Lover's Moon
• Swarm Moon
• Harvest Moon
• Hunter's Moon
• Black Moon
• Cold Moon

It is not known what the thirteenth moon would be called when a year contained thirteen full moons.