Super Perigee Moon

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Milo Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: "Dancing over the abyss." Posts: 4884 Good Answers: 243	Super Perigee Moon 03/17/2011 10:15 AM
	Plan to sky watch the 19th. This just in from NASA: March 16, 2011: Mark your calendar. On March 19th, a full Moon of rare size and beauty will rise in the east at sunset. It's a super "perigee moon"--the biggest in almost 20 years. "The last full Moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March of 1993," says Geoff Chester of the US Naval Observatory in Washington DC. "I'd say it's worth a look." I'll be looking at it from a photographers point of view. The closer to the horizon, the larger it appears... People along the coasts may be thinking UHH-OH- BIg Tides... Heres the link to NASA's post. Perigee_Moon Milo __________________ People say between two opposed opinions the truth lies in the middle. Not at all! Between them lies the problem, what is unseeable,eternally active life, contemplated in repose. Goethe
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mike k Guru Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bristol, Tennessee Posts: 1177 Good Answers: 58	#1 Re: Super Perigee Moon 03/17/2011 4:55 PM
	The word I get is this is a good time for earthquakes. I'll be at a friend's house, out of my bottom floor condo. __________________ mike k
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Johny451 Power-User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 476 Good Answers: 32	#2 In reply to #1 Re: Super Perigee Moon 03/18/2011 12:45 AM
	A perigree moon happens every 28 days. Just because it's a FULL moon doesn't make it any closer than a garden variety perigree moon. It's just that the two coincide - but it's NO closer than it was the previous month. __________________ johny451
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Tornado Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Richland, WA, USA Posts: 21017 Good Answers: 795	#3 Re: Super Perigee Moon 03/18/2011 1:12 AM
	I'll just remember the Gary Larson cartoon of the Ty-de-Bol family.... __________________ In vino veritas; in cervisia carmen; in aqua E. coli.
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Electronic Wiz Power-User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Western Colorado, USA Posts: 202 Good Answers: 16	#4 Re: Super Perigee Moon 03/18/2011 2:38 PM
	Sorry to burst your bubbles, but the Moon, Sun or any of the other planets, have insignificant to infinitesimal effect on Earth's quaking, they are not the cause of any earthquakes. The perigee of the Moon does indeed change over time, it does not approach the Earth at the same distance for every perigee nor is the apogee the same on every trip around the Earth. None of the planet's or moon's orbits in this solar system is 'fixed', they all vary with time. There will be slightly higher tides with this pass than usual, but nothing significantly higher than usual. That is the extent of the Moon's effect on Earth.
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