The final full moon of 2023 will peer over the horizon on Monday, the night of Christmas, and reach its peak the following evening — offering a warm lunar glow during the cool holiday nights.

Prior to that, the last full moon on Christmas Day was in 1977. This phenomenon is relatively rare because the lunar cycle is about 29.5 days, and Christmas falls on the same date every year.

In 1996, the full moon fell not on Christmas Day, but Christmas Eve. And in this particular case, adding 19 years to 1996 saw a jump of one day, moving the full moon to Christmas Day in 2015.

The last full moon of 2023, December's Cold Full Moon, will miss Christmas by just a day this year, illuminating the sky over Earth on Tuesday (Dec. 26).

A full moon will occur on Christmas for the first time since 1977 and will reach its peak size at 6:11 a.m. ET, a NASA spokesperson told ABC News today.

For the first time in 38 years there will be a full moon shining down on us this Christmas. The previous full moon on Christmas fell on 1977, the year the first Star Wars was released and Jimmy ...

So if you love Christmas, and you love the moon, this is your moment! The moon will be the most full at 3:11 a.m. PST on Dec. 25. However, if you sleep through it, don’t fret.

December’s full moon, also known as the Cold Moon, reaches peak illumination on December 26 at 7:33 p.m. EST. The full moon arrives just a day after Christmas, so the moon will appear full ...

Well, Merry Christmas to us! With a full moon in the sky, you can practically feel the energy in the air. This is because at this moment, the sun and the moon are in opposite zodiac signs.

According to Space.com, the full moon of December 2018 actually occurred on the 22nd day of that month, not Christmas Day (the 25th). The next time a full moon will coincide with Christmas won't ...