The final full moon of 2024 will be a rare one

Clouds were prevalent for Friday night’s peak of the Geminid Meteor Shower, and the forecast calls for clouds to stick around over the next few days.

Those clouds did produce an incredible lunar halo that was widely seen in the D.C. area — and we may have a repeat Saturday night, depending on cloud cover.

Saturday’s full cold moon will rise along the Northeast horizon around 4 p.m. Eastern. It will be fully illuminated on Sunday morning at 4:02 a.m. Eastern. Oh, and that really bright...