>I don't see how the coincidence of full moon with the solstace should have > anything to do with the brightness of the moon. The only significance > is that from the northern hemisphere the full moon will be up in the sky > for a longer time than usual. Am I wrong? right ! the earth aphelion (point of earth orbit is the closest of the sun) is not on winter solstice (21/12) but around the 6th of january ... and at this date moon won't be full ! ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html