[MDOsprey] [Fwd: Fw: Fullest moon in 133 years on Dec 22]

Carrol Cowan (arielamc@worldnet.att.net)
Sat, 18 Dec 1999 22:28:38 +0000 

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of possible interest to owl-seekers:

Subject: FW: Fullest moon in 133 years on Dec 22
This year we'll have the first full moon of this century to occur on the
winter solstice, Dec 22, commonly called the first day of winter.
Since a full moon on the winter solstice occurs 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.

This will happen December 22, 1999.....
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Subject: Fw: Fullest moon in 133 years on Dec 22
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>Subject: FW: Fullest moon in 133 years on Dec 22
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>This year we'll have the first full moon of this century to occur on the
>winter solstice, Dec 22, commonly called the first day of winter.
>Since a full moon on the winter solstice occurs 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.
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>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.
>
>This will happen December 22, 1999.....
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