Re: Bright Moon's a comin! No LBC content

["R. Toby Atwater" <Toby.1969ah.1971lc@worldnet.att.net>]

    Ive already noticed on my usual midnight dog walk no need for a flash
light, and its only a half moon. I cant wait for the 22nd... thanks for the
useful sceince info, I got into an argument with my sister on why the moon
will be extra bright. I was right.

Thanks

Toby


> Hi Jon,
>
> Thanks for the info.  I'm on shift that night and it has been clear for
days
> here.  Looking forward to it.
>
> Rick
>
> Jon Paschke wrote:
>
> >  Subject: Bright Moon's a comin!
> >
> >  This year will be the first full moon to occur on the winter
> >  solstice,Dec. 22, commonly called the first day of winter, since
> >  1866.  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 its 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 cars headlights will be superfluous.
> >
> >  On December 21st 1866 the Lakota 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.
> >
> >
>
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