Since the full moon is always diametrically opposite to the sun it passes over nearly the same part of the heavens that the sun did six months before. In winter then when the sun is south of the equator the moon "rides high" at night north of the equator and, vice versa, in summer when the sun is north of the equator the full moon "rides low" south of the equator. In winter then we have more hours of moonlight than we have in summer. This may be of no great advantage in mid-latitudes but we may imagine what a boon it is to the inhabitants of the Arctic and Antarctic regions to have the friendly moon above the horizon during the long winter months when the sun is never seen for days at a time.