Received this information recently and thought it would be relavant to all and of interest to most, especially genealogists. Jenn >Everyone should mark their calendars this month. It will be the Last >Lunar Hurrah of the Millennium: > >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 ancestor's 133 years ago saw this. Our descendants 100 or so years >from now will see this again. > >Remember this will happen December 22, 1999..