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Supermoon
I awoke at about 1:20 this morning, and the light outside my window told me is was about 5:30/6:00 A.M.
I went around to check my clocks, and they were all in sync, so my somewhat rational mind informed me that there must have been some geo-solar event that changed our position in our Earthly rotational schedule -- or something. It was BRIGHT!
When I went outside to check on things, I was confronted with the largest and brightest Full Moon I have ever seen. As I said, it looked like early morning!
Problem solved. A quick trip to earthsky.org and I found it was called a "SUPERMOON," where Luna was closer to Terra than usual (in fact it is almost as close as it ever gets) and opposite the sun, providing maximum reflection.
Earthsky says that the moon in June will be even closer, and will give us quite a show.
Don't panic if you think it's sunrise.
I went around to check my clocks, and they were all in sync, so my somewhat rational mind informed me that there must have been some geo-solar event that changed our position in our Earthly rotational schedule -- or something. It was BRIGHT!
When I went outside to check on things, I was confronted with the largest and brightest Full Moon I have ever seen. As I said, it looked like early morning!
Problem solved. A quick trip to earthsky.org and I found it was called a "SUPERMOON," where Luna was closer to Terra than usual (in fact it is almost as close as it ever gets) and opposite the sun, providing maximum reflection.
Earthsky says that the moon in June will be even closer, and will give us quite a show.
Don't panic if you think it's sunrise.
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