The shortest day of the year and the official start of winter occurs on December 21, and it will be part of a triple threat. This is because the dawn of winter will also bring with it a full moon, and a meteor shower. The Ursid meteor shower will see roughly 10 meteors per hour tomorrow.
Shooting stars originate in this instance Comet 8P/Tuttle.
The Ursid meteors radiate near the bowl of the Little Dipper Constellation making them easy to spot from northern latitudes.
The Winter Solstice marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year when the sun is at its lowest in the sky.
The annual phenomenon is caused by the Earth’s North Pole tilting farther away from the Sun than at any other point in the year.
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The Winter Solstice is commonly coupled with the Ursid meteor shower due to the time of the year the latter comes – beginning around December 17 and running until just after Christmas Day.
However, the last time a full moon was accompanying these two events was in 2010 and we will not see the likes of it until 2094.
This month’s full moon is known as the Cold Moon, the Long Night Moon, or the Moon Before Yule, according to NASA.
Unsurprisingly the full moon comes in the coldest month, on the longest night of the year and is the last full moon before Christmas.
NASA explained on its website: “The full moon takes a high trajectory across the sky because it is opposite to the low sun, so the moon will be above the horizon longer than at other times of the year.”