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On Christmas, a rare full moon
If you couldn’t sleep waiting up for Father Christmas last night, you should have spotted something else rather special in the sky.
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Central parts of the UK are experiencing heavy rain, and by nightfall, most of the UK will be covered by cloud – so blame the typical UK weather if you miss out on the rare full moon.
According to the lunar cycle, in which the moon’s phases are repeated on the same dates every 19 years, a Christmas Day full moon should also have occurred in 1996.
John Keller at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.: “As we look at the moon on such an occasion, it’s worth remembering that the moon is more than just a celestial neighbor”.
The asteroid, named 2003 SD220, will fly by at a distance of about 6.8 million miles. Using the Deep Space Network’s 70-meter antenna at Goldstone, NASA managed to snap a few photos of this asteroid, which poses no threat to Earth in the near future.
The full moon is pictured through Christmas lights decorations in Skopje, Macedonia, December 25, 2015.
It won’t happen again until 2034, so hopefully you were able to catch a glimpse.
The next time a full moon will fall on Christmas day?
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The online Slooh Community Observatory will host a free webcast of the Christmas full moon, and Comet Catalina, on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24) at 7 p.m. EST (0000 GMT).