(meteorobs) Insult to injury for the Geminids

[meteoreye at comcast.net]

I caught something on the weather channel I had not realized. Not only does the full moon occur practically at the Geminid peak (1647 UT Dec 12), but is also at the closest perigee of the next year (2138 UT Dec 12, Dec+27).

So the moon is the largest and the brightest. It is also at the highest Declination of the next year, at the time when the ecliptic is at it's highest elevation for the Northern Hemisphere.

It's a conspiracy I tell ya :)

Wayne