The full moon for the month of December is at its fullest at 4:06 PM on Tuesday, the 13th
...and the sun sets at 4:42 PM and the moon rises at 4:57 PM.
This is just about the best night to view the moon at its fullest after it rises today! Come join us for a meet-n-greet in the evening and to watch the full moon rise over the San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains.
The event begins at 6:00 pm and the event will officially end by 8:30 PM, but there may be some lingering about into the night...
Please do bring your bugs and coins for trading, discovering, or just to show them off. Tonight's Full Moon Rising event will be at one of our traditional alternative sites, Rocky's Pizza in Rancho Cucamonga.
It is interesting to note that often, calendars indicating moon phases may be off by a day when intended for use in a different time zone. Don't be late or you just might miss out on this magical time as the sun sets and the full moon rises.
Again, the event will be held at Rocky's Pizza... 9615 E Foothill Blvd, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
Tonight's event will be a White Elephant Gift Exchange. Everyone who wishes to participate should bring a wrapped gift to place in the gift pile. New gifts should be in the $5 to $10 range (no higher please) or you may re-gift something you already have. The basic rules may be found at the 'related web page' link at the top of the description. We will abide by the three swaps and you and/or the gift is out rules.
Today is...
- Acadian Remembrance Day (Acadians)
- Martial Law Victims Remembrance Day (Poland)
- Nusantara Day (Indonesia)
- Republic Day (Malta)
- Sailor's Day (Brazil)
On this day...
- 1577 – Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage
- 1928 – George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed
- 1949 – The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem
- 1962 – NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit
- 1972 – Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon
Notable births...
- 1818 – Mary Todd Lincoln, 16th First Lady of the United States (d. 1882)
- 1925 – Dick Van Dyke, American actor, singer, and dancer
- 1943 – Ferguson Jenkins, Canadian baseball and basketball player
- 1957 – Steve Buscemi, American actor and director
Notable deaths...
- 1466 – Donatello, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1386)
- 1837 – Herman of Alaska, Russian missionary and saint (b. 1756)
- 1961 – Grandma Moses, American painter (b. 1860)
Full Moon Dates for 2017
January 12 at 3:35 AM
February 10 at 4:33 PM
March 12 at 7:54 AM
April 10 at 11:09 PM
May 10 at 2:43 PM
June 9 at 6:11 AM
July 8 at 9:08 PM
August 7 at 11:12 AM
September 6 at 12:04 AM
October 5 at 11:41 AM
November 3 at 10:24 PM
December 3 at 7:48 AM
References:
1. almanac.com/moon
2. wikipedia Full Moon
3. wikipedia on this day