Here it comes. We’ve got both Christmas and a Full Moon approaching.

The movie In the Heart of the Sea recently opened in theatres around the world. It is a maritime thriller based on the book of the same name, written by Nantucket resident Nathaniel Philbrick.

The Geminid meteor shower takes place on Sunday and Monday nights and is usually the best meteor shower of the year.

A thin crescent moon appears close to the brilliant planet Venus on Monday. It is an early morning event.

The moon appears Friday night in the gibbous phase but ends the coming week as a crescent.

We’ve got a full moon next Wednesday and we call it the Bay Scallop Moon, to honor one of the Vineyard’s most appreciated bivalves.