This is cool, tonight's full moon happens four hours after the moon hits its perigee (the point at which its orbit brings it closest to the Earth). It'll be a bright moon! Now lets hope there isn't a bunch of cloud cover.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/09dec_fullmoon.htm?friend (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/09dec_fullmoon.htm?friend)
Damn! Clouds!
Quote from: Mr. Analog on December 12, 2008, 10:18:03 PM
Damn! Clouds!
One of my girls mentioned she saw the moon looking huge the night before, too bad I only heard about The Special Event on the 12th, so didn't look for it the day before when it wasn't uber-ugly weather...
It didnt look particularly big last night or the night before out here, but it was super bright. But nothing can compare to the MASSIVE moon I saw when I was a kid in ponoka. it looked like it was hovering over the 7/11.
The moon will look largest closer to the equator. It is a magnification effect of our atmosphere and also the best time to photograph the moon :)
A similar effect can be seen with the sun, and it is enhanced by humidity.