A perfect moon today

[FPSHOT]

Be sure and take a look at the moon tonight as she shines forth in all her fullness.

Tonight we are privileged to a rare occasion.

A Supermoon!

The moon will pass the earth at a distance of 365.600 kilometers

The is the closest it has been to earth in 19 years.

Making her even that more lovely.

We have been watching it in all it brightness and it is so beautiful.

[The New AimeeAndBeatles]

Its terribly cloudy.

Was that period supposed to be a comma? I'd worry if it was that close to the earth.

[kayinthelife]

In North America we use the comma as a divider, but it doesn't really matter as long as you're not writing a decimal.

I'll make sure to see the moon tonight. It's beautiful and partly clear (I'm optimistic) where I live.

[Rellevart]

We can't find it!!

[kayinthelife]

I saw it. It was beautiful. Too bad I couldn't take a picture!

[beatlelover45223]

Glorious and all cloaked in light red!

[darkhorse23]

A perfectly clear night here in Phoenix. The moon was (and still is) awesome. I probably won't be awake to see it set.

[FPSHOT]

A nice photo from the "supermoon" above Washington

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/5541053611/

[kmac]

Fan-tash-tique capture of this special Perigee Moon!

Some additional information that might be of interest:

The photographer took this picture with a very large and expensive 400mm lens giving it its great depth of field.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Canon_400mm_f28_img_1243.jpg/200px-Canon_400mm_f28_img_1243.jpg

Though each month our moon is in similar proximity to the Earth, this Perigee is notable because it happens to coincide almost perfectly - within an hour - of it being a Full Moon.

The reddish hue often occurs when either the Sun or the Moon are viewed near the horizon. This is due to the refraction and shift of light rays through Earth's atmosphere - which is thicker closer to the ground than it is straight above us.

For reasons not entirely known, our Moon appears larger when viewed near the horizon, especially as it contrasts with surrounding objects such as buildings and trees. It is a bit of an optical illusion of sorts because the Moon is the same size at the horizon as it is overhead.

The Perigee Moon is approximately 14% larger and 30% brighter than at its furthest points from Earth - known as an Apogee Moon as depicted below.



http://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2008/12/09/09dec_fullmoon_resources/diagram.gif

[Hari's Chick]

Fan-tash-tique capture of this special Perigee Moon!

Some additional information that might be of interest:

The photographer took this picture with a very large and expensive 400mm lens giving it its great depth of field.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Canon_400mm_f28_img_1243.jpg/200px-Canon_400mm_f28_img_1243.jpg

Though each month our moon is in similar proximity to the Earth, this Perigee is notable because it happens to coincide almost perfectly - within an hour - of it being a Full Moon.

The reddish hue often occurs when either the Sun or the Moon are viewed near the horizon. This is due to the refraction and shift of light rays through Earth's atmosphere - which is thicker closer to the ground than it is straight above us.

For reasons not entirely known, our Moon appears larger when viewed near the horizon, especially as it contrasts with surrounding objects such as buildings and trees. It is a bit of an optical illusion of sorts because the Moon is the same size at the horizon as it is overhead.

The Perigee Moon is approximately 14% larger and 30% brighter than at its furthest points from Earth - known as an Apogee Moon as depicted below.



http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z287/XChemicalRomanticX/nerd_smiley.gif

[Hari's Chick]

So Cal ~ no moon but the rain was great! :teeth1:

[kmac]

So Cal ~ no moon but the rain was great! :teeth1:

Rain? Did you say you had RAIN in paradise?!? GASP!! :tongue6:

No moon either? Well... "Let me roll it to you". It's gonna be a bear pushing it over the Rocky Mountains.

http://media1.break.com/dnet/media/2009/5/94%20Rolling%20The%20Moon.jpg

[Hari's Chick]

Awesome!!! :teeth1:

[george_on_cloud9]

I have imagined this in my drawings (don't ask! I draw very badly!), that this moon would have amazing powers...

It's so amazing!!!


http://cdn.itsnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Perigee_Moon_19_March_2011_Lincoln_Memorial-e1300766523402.jpg