A night to fly your ercoupe!!!
> > I didn't know this but now I do and thought you may want to share with > > your children as you or them will never see it again. > > > > This year will be the first full moon to occur on the winter solstice, > > Dec. 22, commonly called the first day of winter. Since a full moon on > > the winter solstice occurred in conjunction with a > > lunar perigee (point in the moon's orbit that is closest to Earth). The > > moon will appear about 14% larger than it does at apogee (the point in > > it's elliptical orbit that is farthest from the Earth) since the Earth is > > also several million miles closer to the sun at this time of the year than > > in the > > summer, sunlight striking the moon is about 7% stronger making it > > brighter. Also, this will be the closest perigee of the Moon of the year > > since the moon's orbit is constantly deforming. > > If the weather is clear and there is a snow cover where you live, it is > > believed that even car headlights will be superfluous. On December 21, > > 1866 the Dakota Sioux took advantage of this combination of occurrences > > and staged a devastating retaliatory ambush on soldiers in the Wyoming > > Territory. > > > > In laymen's terms it will be a super bright full moon, much more than the > > usual AND it hasn't happened this way for 133 years! Our ancestors 133 > > years ago saw this. Our descendants 100 or so years from now will see > > this again. > > > > I hope someone else might find this interesting! Remember this will > > happen December 22, 1999. gene
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