Re: [at-l] Dec 22 - full moon - I didn't know that.....

[Jennifer Delia Sawyer <jdsawyer@bu.edu>]

>Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 09:10:08 -0500
>To: "FannyPack - Dave Atkinson" <fannypack96@hotmail.com>
>From: Jennifer Delia Sawyer <jdsawyer@bu.edu>
>Subject: Re: [at-l] Dec 22 - full moon - I didn't know that.....
>In-Reply-To: <19991213134945.51048.qmail@hotmail.com>
>
>OK, here's a really stupid question -- I thought the winter solstice was
on December 21st.  Does this Dec. 22nd here mean "after midnight" on Dec.
21 (which, of course would  be Dec. 22nd)?  Or is it really the end of the
day Tuesday, Dec. 22nd into Dec. 23?  Aarrrrrughhhhh .... who's idea was it
to change dates while we're all sleeping?  This gets me every time!!
(Natural blonde)
>
>We're planning a midnight hike up Blue Job in Rochester, NH to witness
this.  If I'm dragging my friends out at midnight in the freezing cold, I
sure don't want to get the wrong night!!  
>
>:) Pooh
>
>At 08:49 AM 12/13/99 EST, you wrote:
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 9:32 PM
>>Subject: i didnt know that
>>
>>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 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 descendents 100 or so years from 
>>now will see this.  But we get to see it in 2 weeks!  Now how cool is that?
>>
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