Daniel Pasternak 19 Dec 2018 7d 15m
C-11 F/10 2800mm F/L Canon 7d mkii – unmodified – 4 panel Mosaic:
The Full Cold Moon
The winter solstice (or hibernal solstice), also known as midwinter, is an astronomical phenomenon marking the day with the shortest period of daylight and the longest night of the year. It occurs when one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt away from the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere. In the Northern Hemisphere this is the December solstice and in the Southern Hemisphere this is the June solstice.
Since 1793, when the Almanac began tracking heavenly events and seasonal changes, the Moon has been full on the winter solstice just ten times in the Northern Hemisphere.
will be visible on the night of the winter solstice (Friday, December 21), the full Moon officially reaches its peak the next day, December 22, at 12:49 p.m. Eastern Time.
The rarity of a solstitial full Moon—the average interval is about 19 years—reinforces the Moon’s role as a beacon playing on human history. Although our research could not find a correlation between these lunar events and significant historical happenings on similar dates in the past, the combination of astronomical forces certainly affect the tides.
The next time this will happen 2094
Winter officially begins with the Winter Solstice on Friday, December 21, 2018.
The winter solstice is the day with the fewest hours of sunlight in the whole year
Daniel Pasternak 19 Dec 2018 7d 15m
C-11 F/10 2800mm F/L Canon 7d mkii – unmodified – 4 panel Mosaic:
The Full Cold Moon
The winter solstice (or hibernal solstice), also known as midwinter, is an astronomical phenomenon marking the day with the shortest period of daylight and the longest night of the year. It occurs when one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt away from the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere. In the Northern Hemisphere this is the December solstice and in the Southern Hemisphere this is the June solstice.
Since 1793, when the Almanac began tracking heavenly events and seasonal changes, the Moon has been full on the winter solstice just ten times in the Northern Hemisphere.
will be visible on the night of the winter solstice (Friday, December 21), the full Moon officially reaches its peak the next day, December 22, at 12:49 p.m. Eastern Time.
The rarity of a solstitial full Moon—the average interval is about 19 years—reinforces the Moon’s role as a beacon playing on human history. Although our research could not find a correlation between these lunar events and significant historical happenings on similar dates in the past, the combination of astronomical forces certainly affect the tides.
The next time this will happen 2094
Winter officially begins with the Winter Solstice on Friday, December 21, 2018.
The winter solstice is the day with the fewest hours of sunlight in the whole year