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To: Old Stock Collector who wrote (357)	12/16/1999 10:17:00 PM
From: KZAP	Read Replies (1) of 410

Interesting bit of info here........ This year will be the first full Moon to occur on the wintersolstice, December 22, commonly called the first day of winter. Since a full Moon on the winter solstice occurred in conjunction with lunar perigee (point in the Moon's orbit that is closest to Earth) the Moon will appear about 14 percent larger than it does at apogee (the point in its elliptical orbit that is farthest from the Earth). And since the Earth is also several million miles closer to the Sun at this time of the year than inthe summer, sunlight striking the Moon is about seven percent 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 snow cover where you live, it is believed that even car headlights will be superfluous. On December 21, 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. We hope you post this on your calendar and note it as a special Christmas season event! Remember, this will happen December 22,1999....... KZAP

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