Rare Full Cold Moon Brightens Christmas Sky

Having waited 38 years for the event, the next Christmas full moon will not happen until 2034.

A spectacular photograph of a full Moon behind the statue of Christ the Redeemer on the Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Asteroid 2003 SD220, as it is designated, will fly some 6.7 million miles away, and the NASA-captured images of it from this past week are from a comparable distance. They added, “But this year, a bright full moon will be an added gift for the holidays”.

The full moon is pictured through Christmas lights decorations in Skopje, Macedonia, December 25, 2015.

The full moon every December is usually called the “cold moon” because of the fact that it is the month when the winter cold is experienced. Last one was 1977, & there won’t be one again until 2034.

The experts at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center anticipate a almost full moon Christmas Eve with a peak Christmas Day at 3:11 a.m. PST.

A full moon occurs when the sun, earth, and moon line up in a linear fashion.

On Christmas Day, there will be a full moon, the first since 1977.

Anyone watching for Santa Claus tonight is more than likely to see a giant space rock. “A 19-year cycle of the moon – called the Metonic Cycle – is the reason”.

Whether or not we can see the moon in the Central Okanagan is to be seen.

Multiple reports saying a “Christmas Eve asteroid” zipping past Earth Thursday night may destroy the planet are indeed false, NASA has announced. But there can not be a full moon on Christmas in consecutive years!