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Hi Guys...
You may find this interesting...
This year will be the first full Moon to occur on the winter
solstice, Dec.22, commonly called the first day of winter in about 100
years. 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).
And 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 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.
I hope someone else might find this interesting! Remember this will happen
December 22, 1999....
ttyle Eric...
------------------
Eric E. Noeldechen
On/Scene Tactical
http://www.mnsi.net/~nbtnoel
Custom made, High Quality
Concealex Sheaths and Tool Holsters
Canada's Only Custom Concealex Shop!
You may find this interesting...
This year will be the first full Moon to occur on the winter
solstice, Dec.22, commonly called the first day of winter in about 100
years. 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).
And 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 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.
I hope someone else might find this interesting! Remember this will happen
December 22, 1999....
ttyle Eric...
------------------
Eric E. Noeldechen
On/Scene Tactical
http://www.mnsi.net/~nbtnoel
Custom made, High Quality
Concealex Sheaths and Tool Holsters
Canada's Only Custom Concealex Shop!
