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| 05 May 2012 09:36 PM |
| I just saw the moon. It looked normal here. If anything smaller. |
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| 05 May 2012 09:37 PM |
| Majora's Moon finally visits Earth. Say hi kids. |
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| 05 May 2012 09:37 PM |
If the full moon looks a bit bigger and brighter in Saturday night's sky, you're not seeing things: It's just the "supermoon" — the biggest moon of 2012. And there's a meteor shower from Halley's Comet that's peaking as well, adding to the sky show. The full moon of May will hit its peak overnight Saturday night and early Sunday, just one minute after the moon makes its closest approach to Earth. The timing means the moon, weather permitting, could appear up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than a full moon at its farthest distance — an event scientists have nicknamed the "supermoon." The moon will be at its fullest at 11:35 p.m. ET just after hitting perigee, the point in its orbit that brings the moon closest to Earth. The technical name for the event is a "perigee moon." The moon will be about 221,802 miles (356,955 kilometers) from Earth, about 12.2 percent closer to our planet than when the moon is at apogee, its farthest point. The average Earth-moon distance is about 230,000 miles (384,400 kilometers). The last time a supermoon occurred was in March 2011. That supermoon was actually closer to Earth than the moon will be tonight by about 248 miles (400 kilometers). [Amazing Supermoon Photos from 2011] |
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| 05 May 2012 09:41 PM |
| Saw it when I was driveing back home! |
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| 05 May 2012 09:41 PM |
| Is it out where you live they said in hour for my time. |
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| 05 May 2012 10:26 PM |
Holy crap, can't wait.
~Amazingly amazing~ |
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| 05 May 2012 10:30 PM |
| It's affecting the land and the sea, causing extreme tidal events and earthquakes. |
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| 05 May 2012 10:31 PM |
| you guys know there was one last year right? |
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| 05 May 2012 10:34 PM |
@Storch:
No, it's simply because the moon is at it's closest to the Earth. |
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| 05 May 2012 10:35 PM |
| storched. That crap didn't happen last year's perigee moon. Wont happen this years either. |
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