From childhood the Wampanoags learned to make certain observations of the stars, planets, and of the seasons and weather.[486]The time of day was measured by the height of the sun in the day and by the moon and stars at night.[487]Longer spans of time were kept account of in terms of the moon and of “summers†and “wintersâ€.[488]Reckoning according to the moon, they had thirteen months, each with its own name.[489]Many of the stars were named; the north star was calledMaske, meaning “bearâ€.[490]Winds were named according to their direction; of these there were seven to nine.[491]By observing the winds and the sky the Wampanoags made fairly accurate weather predictions.[492]