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Good Moon rising

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 12:32 am
by Gob
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Keep your fingers crossed for clear skies tomorrow night - a full moon of rare size and beauty will rise in the east at sunset.

The natural phenomenon happens when the full Moon coincides with when it travels closest to Earth on its orbit.

'The last full Moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March of 1993,' said Geoff Chester of the US Naval Observatory in Washington DC.

'I'd say it's worth a look.'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... z1H07oMQUl

Re: Good Moon rising

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:57 am
by The Hen
Around 9.00 pm is LARGE time for us to view the moon.

Re: Good Moon rising

Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:16 pm
by Gob
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Moon over Galstonbury Tor.

(Cloudy as all buggery here last night!)

Re: Good Moon rising

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 3:42 pm
by BoSoxGal
Cloudy here as the moon was rising, then forgot to check again before bedtime. Damn!