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12-22-2018, 07:43 AM
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for those living in certain parts of the world, you may want to get out cold weather gear:
" Capital Weather Gang
December’s full Cold Moon is this weekend. It’s close and bright, but is it ‘super’?
By Ian Livingston
December 20
The year’s final full moon rises Saturday evening. Its nickname, the “Cold Moon,” is apt for the first full moon of winter, and it will be bright in the night sky.
The 13th full moon of 2018, “the cold moon gets its name because December is the month when it really starts to get cold,” according to NASA.
Peak of the full moon occurs at 12:45 p.m. Saturday, and it will rise in the eastern sky shortly after sunset. It’s a 5:04 p.m. rise, if you’re watching from here [ Washington DC is in the Eastern Time Zone for the United States ]
Clouds are likely to be minimal locally, although much of the Lower 48 may be dealing with cloud cover Saturday night. . . .
This year’s Cold Moon will also be brighter than normal. This is because the full Cold Moon is coming during perigee. Perigee is when the moon is at or near its closest approach to Earth. When the moon is far off, it is in apogee. . . . "
[url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2018/12/20/decembers-full-cold-moon-is-this-weekend-its-close-bright-is-it-super/?utm_term=.40a51ae79ba9[/url
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