A petite full moon for Christmas
The moon will be nearly full for Christmas Eve and after sunset Christmas Day. But if it looks a bit smaller and farther away than usual, that's because it is. Here's why.
About Frank Roylance
Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page.Recent posts
- Election Day weather looks sunny, mild
- Cold a factor in two Maryland deaths
- Spooky skies for Halloween
- Widespread lows in 20s tonight
- Fireball over the Northeast
- Winter in Garrett, autumn here
- Wintry weather hits western Md. counties
- “Surprise” nor’easter wets the state
- Snow gets a mention in forecast
- Rain helps, but October is still dry
Most Recent Comments
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Fireball over the Northeast (3)
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Action in the North Atlantic (2)
Teff john wrote: The cooling trend is so strong that... [more]
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“Surprise” nor’easter wets the state (1)
HappyRaven wrote: Hi Frank, What I love about Mother... [more]
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Snow gets a mention in forecast (1)
David wrote: Frank, I enjoy reading your blog. ... [more]
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Rain helps, but October is still dry (2)
Rich wrote: Frank - I gotta' "pile on" a bit he... [more]
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