Thanks to a fluke of orbital mechanics that brings the moon closer to Earth than that it has been in more than 18 years, the biggest full moon of 2011 will occur on Saturday 3/19, leading some observers to dub it a "supermoon."
On Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the moon will arrive at its closest point to the Earth in 2011: a distance of 221,565 miles (356,575 kilometers) away. And only 50 minutes earlier, the moon will officially be full.
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That's no moon, that's a space station.
ReplyDeleteYa Spider I send you a twitpic/tweet. It was a big one. We should all go to the moon and shake our booty's;)
ReplyDeleteYea! I sent you a super moon!! I couldn't see that moon bit it behind the clouds!! And, Yes, I could see an officially be full moon till 50 minutes at Japan!!
ReplyDeleteIt was amazing night ♥