Photo credit: The Denver Post
The last full moon of the year is known as the Cold Full Moon, and for the first time since 1977, this year will see the final full moon of the year land on Christmas Day.
There have been only eight full moons on Christmas Day since the founding of the United States. The first one was in 1776, when George Washington crossed the Delaware leading up to the Battle of Trenton.
The next time a full moon lands on Christmas Day will be in 2034.
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A globe owed by William Seward showing “Russia America” over the Territory of Alaska. Photo credit:Krestia DeGeorge/www.adn.com
On this date in 1867, the Territory of Alaska was officially transferred from Russia over to the United States.
The State of Alaska will be closed on Monday; everyone will be in Sitka for a potluck.
The sun’s path north of Alaska’s Arctic Circle on the Summer Solstice
Photo credit: Alaska Stock Photo
The festivities are well under way here in Interior Alaska for the Solstice Weekend.
The Fairbanks Stats:
Sunrise: 2:58am
Sunset: 12:47am
Civil Twilight: Rest of Night
Length of Day: 21 hours, 49 minutes
“Resolved that the flag of the thirteen United States be 13 stripes alternate red and white: that the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.”
Continental Congress…June 14, 1777
“The Birth of Old Glory”, painted by Edward Percy Moran, c1917, Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
