Plus.... the first lunar eclipse occurring on Solstice since 1638 (thanks for the heads-up Giulia).... or 1554, depending on who's counting...
The eclipse starts around 1:30 a.m. in Toronto; the full moon officially clocks in around 8:15 a.m.
Thinking of different Christmas tunes naming moons, two oldies come to mind:
- Twas in the Moon of Wintertime, written by Jean de Brebeuf in 1643, (just 7 years after the last Winter Solstice eclipse);
- and Good King Wenceslas, whose melody is based on a 13th century spring carol, with the words penned in the 1800s.
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Love Loreena. We listened to her version of Good King Wenceslas while I was trimming the tree. I couldn't stay up to see the moon. When my son gets up I'll ask him how it went.
I woke up at 1:30 and then again at 3:15... it was a beautiful site! And then at 7 a.m. it wasn't red but absolutely gorgeous.
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