Typically, a full moon occurs every 29.53 days and chances are, a full moon happening on a special occasion like your birthday or especially on Christmas would be extremely rare.

However, towards the end of 2015, Christmas day will be graced by the presence of a full moon which is a first in 38 years, as the next one won't happen until 2034.

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According to NASA officials, this special full moon will peak right after six in the evening EST. Apparently, this last full moon of December is known as the "Cold Moon" or the "Big Moon".

The last time when a full moon appeared on Christmas was in 1977 which was a time when the Bee Gees and the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack are blaring on the radio and Star Wars hit the theaters for the first time including Close Encounters of the Third Kind. The neutron bomb was also developed this year and lasers are used for the first time to initiate a fusion reaction.

Also, just before this last Christmas full moon, almost a decade ago before that, three NASA astronauts spent their holiday while in lunar orbit which is also a major milestone for humanity as it marked the first time humans orbited in another body apart from Earth.

During a live broadcast from the Apollo 8 mission where astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders read a portion from the Book of Genesis in the Bible when never before seen images of Earth were revealed.

That particular Christmas Eve was also the largest audience ever to listen to a human voice where NASA instructed the astronauts to do something appropriate to mark that event. Lovell says that the first ten verses from Genesis have been used by many other religions not just by Christianity, making them as a foundation for their religions, where this would become appropriate for this momentous occasion for mankind.

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