Winter Solstice 2018

We mark one of those seasonal milestones which has arrived in the holiday season.

Today is Winter Solstice, marking the farthest positioning of the Northern Hemisphere from the sun.

These celestial highlights never cease to pique my interest.

This solstice presents with a full moon known as a "cold moon" ... named for the advent of Winter.

It also will feature the Ursid meteor shower which is active each year between December 17 through 24.

It typically peaks around December 23 with about 10 meteors in an hour.

So we have the shortest day with a full moon and meteor shower. Quite the end of year show.