Hi again ya'll,

Sorry about the non-techical post, but I think this is kinda' interesting...

22 DECEMBER

I Thought ya'll might be interested in this. I hope it is a clear night!!
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 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

-Steve Gregory-

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