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  2. Lunar standstill - Wikipedia

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    The last minor lunar standstill was in October 2015, and the next one will be in 2034. The previous major lunar standstill was in 2006 and the most recent in December 2024. Location of the northern lunistices from 2006 to 2025

  3. Rare lunar event may reveal Stonehenge’s link with the moon

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    This major lunar standstill is due to happen in January 2025, but from now until mid-2025, the moon may appear, to a casual observer, to be unusually low and high in the night sky during the lunar ...

  4. Project investigates Stonehenge's link with Moon - AOL

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    It started in April and explores the relationship between the monument and a major lunar standstill, which happens once every 18.6 years. That is when moonrise and moonset are furthest apart along ...

  5. December full moon: Rare ‘cold moon’ set to rise for last ...

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    The last full moon of the year will rise overnight in a rare “major lunar standstill” amid a dazzling meteor shower. The “cold moon” - a phenomenon that happens every 18.6 years - will ...

  6. Orbit of the Moon - Wikipedia

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    This is called major lunar standstill. Around this time, the Moon's declination will vary from −28°36′ to +28°36′. Conversely, 9.3 years later, the angle between the Moon's orbit and Earth's equator reaches its minimum of 18°20′. This is called a minor lunar standstill. The last lunar standstill was a minor standstill in October 2015.

  7. Lunar precession - Wikipedia

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    Lunar standstill: every 18.6 years, the declination range of the Moon reaches a maximum or minimum. Lunar precession is a term used for three different precession motions related to the Moon . First, it can refer to change in orientation of the lunar rotational axis with respect to a reference plane , following the normal rules of precession ...

  8. December 2024 full moon: This weekend's 'cold' moon will ...

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    The major lunar standstill results from the rotation of the moon’s inclined orbit over an 18.6-year cycle, the observatory said. ... January’s full moon, the first of 2025, will rise on Monday ...

  9. Lunar node - Wikipedia

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    This is called major lunar standstill. Around this time, the Moon's declination will vary from −28°36′ to +28°36′. Conversely, 9.3 years later, the angle between the Moon's orbit and Earth's equator reaches its minimum of 18°20′. This is called a minor lunar standstill. The last lunar standstill was a minor standstill in October 2015.