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Super Moon Sunday

Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
edited June 2013 in A Moving Train
The largest full moon of 2013, a so-called "supermoon," will light up the night sky this weekend, but there's more to this lunar delight than meets the eye.

On Sunday, June 23, at 7 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT), the moon will arrive at perigee — the point in its orbit its orbit bringing it closest to Earth), a distance of 221,824 miles. Now the moon typically reaches perigee once each month (and on some occasions twice), with their respective distances to Earth varying by 3 percent.



Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/06/ ... z2WrnJigcO

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  • lazlobluelazloblue Posts: 738
    I live by the Moon!!
    :)
    Cant wait to see this!
    Lollapalooza 92, Alpine Valley 11, De Luna 12, Wrigley/Pittsburgh/Dallas/OKC 13, Tulsa/Denver 14, Global 15, Wrigley 1/2 16
  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    You can watch a free webcast of 2013 supermoon full moon on SPACE.com on Sunday at 9 p.m. EDT (0100 June 24), courtesy of the skywatching website Slooh Space Camera.


    :fp:

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  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    Maybe I can take a good picture of it? :think:
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  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    just to see it will be awesome, for tast few years or so I have started enjoying thing like this.

    Godfather.
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    Godfather. wrote:
    just to see it will be awesome, for tast few years or so I have started enjoying thing like this.

    Godfather.

    We like looking at this stuff too. Sometimes we set the alarm to wake up in the night and look at a comet going by or some such thing!
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    You can watch a free webcast of 2013 supermoon full moon on SPACE.com on Sunday at 9 p.m. EDT (0100 June 24), courtesy of the skywatching website Slooh Space Camera.


    :fp:

    GO OUTSIDE AND LOOK UP.
    :mrgreen:

    It just doesn't translate well anyway when not experiencing it in person.

    I sure hope the skies are clear here this weekend.

    (also - "supermoon" gives way to the image of someone with a really huge ass bending over and sharing it with the world)
  • backseatLover12backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    The supermoon is great and all.

    But TODAY is SUMMER SOLSTICE. Happy SOLSTICE everyone. 8-)
  • lazlobluelazloblue Posts: 738
    I tip a beer to the summer solstice every year.

    cheers! :clap:
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    justam wrote:
    Maybe I can take a good picture of it? :think:


    that's what im thinking too... but the weather here is predicted to be....to put it mildly, shit. im hoping but im not expecting much.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    catefrances wrote:
    justam wrote:
    Maybe I can take a good picture of it? :think:


    that's what im thinking too... but the weather here is predicted to be....to put it mildly, shit. im hoping but im not expecting much.

    I haven't looked at the forecast here. I hope we have some clear nights!
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  • morellomorello Posts: 6,217
    The moon looked pretty fab & pretty big here last night, on solstice. I definitely noticed it. :)
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    this evening

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  • rollingsrollings Posts: 7,124
    lazloblue wrote:
    I live by the Moon!!
    :)

    you do?
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    norm wrote:
    this evening

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    :thumbup: :D
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  • morellomorello Posts: 6,217
    Why hello Mr super moon.
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    I guess this doesn't really show how big it is but it's definitely bigger than your usual moon. 8-)
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    norm wrote:
    this evening

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    Pretty shot!

    norm, aren't you near my neck of the woods?

    The moon was beautiful last night, crystal clear and bright, but didn't appear particularly larger than usual.
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    hedonist wrote:
    norm, aren't you near my neck of the woods?

    i'm up at Mammoth :D
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,632
    supposed to get another opportunity tonight. I'll get to drive with it. Starting out tonight at 2330ish. North to 30 miles NE of Detroit on I94. Appt at 0400.
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  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    when he was six he believed that the moon overhead followed him
    by nine he had deciphered the illusion, trading magic for fact
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    when he was six he believed that the moon overhead followed him
    by nine he had deciphered the illusion, trading magic for fact
    Same wavelength 8-)
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    justam wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    justam wrote:
    Maybe I can take a good picture of it? :think:


    that's what im thinking too... but the weather here is predicted to be....to put it mildly, shit. im hoping but im not expecting much.

    I haven't looked at the forecast here. I hope we have some clear nights!

    clouds clouds and more clouds. I got shit. :( howd you go?
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
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