December's cold moon, which appears only once every nineteen years, will be visibile for the last time until 2043 tonight - here's how to see it
The Cold Moon is not the only rare lunar event taking place tonight December’s rare cold moon, which only occurs once every nineteen years, will be visible to sky gazers tonight. The final full moon of the year will move across the skies tonight, but with a very infrequent twist. The so-called ‘Cold Moon’ will rise at 15:20 GMT on 15 December and set at 09:44 on Monday morning.
Stonehenge was carefully designed to align with the movements of the moon, including the lunar standstills The major lunar standstill, or lunistice, takes place tonight because the earth and the sun are at their maximum tilts, causing the moon to rise and set at the extremes of its range. Stonehenge, built around 5,000 years ago, is believed to have been erected with this celestial phenomenon in mind.
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