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Saturday night's full moon is gonna be a Supermoon Night!!!!
Supermoon? What’s a supermoon?
"It is the nickname for a full moon that coincides with the moon's arrival at perigee — the point in its orbit that brings it closest to Earth for the month. Perigees occur because the moon's orbit around Earth is not a perfect circle. Instead, it's an ellipse in which the nearest point to Earth is about 31,000miles (50,000 kilometers) closer than the moon's farthest point (called apogee).
When the moon is in its full phase and at perigee, it can appear much brighter and slightly larger than the average full moon. Scientists call this event a "perigee moon." [Amazing Supermoon Photos from 2011]
That's what will occur this weekend during the full moon of May on Saturday, May 5, at 11:35 p.m. EDT (0335 Sunday GMT). To the casual observer, the moon also can appear full one day before and one day after the exact moment it is at its fullest.
On Saturday, the moon will be 221,802 miles (356,955 kilometers) from Earth and should appear up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than the typical full moon, according to NASA. The average Earth-moon distance is about 230,000 miles (384,400 km)."
According to U.S. clocks, the full moon falls on May 5, 2012 at precisely at 11:35 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
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And get those cameras and tripods up and ready at moonrise!!!
Moonrise will be between 7:45 and 7:52 depending where you are in the Maryland area. Sunset is around 8:02, again, depending where you are.
Hopefully the weather will cooperate!! Have fun!!!
Supermoon? What’s a supermoon?
"It is the nickname for a full moon that coincides with the moon's arrival at perigee — the point in its orbit that brings it closest to Earth for the month. Perigees occur because the moon's orbit around Earth is not a perfect circle. Instead, it's an ellipse in which the nearest point to Earth is about 31,000miles (50,000 kilometers) closer than the moon's farthest point (called apogee).
When the moon is in its full phase and at perigee, it can appear much brighter and slightly larger than the average full moon. Scientists call this event a "perigee moon." [Amazing Supermoon Photos from 2011]
That's what will occur this weekend during the full moon of May on Saturday, May 5, at 11:35 p.m. EDT (0335 Sunday GMT). To the casual observer, the moon also can appear full one day before and one day after the exact moment it is at its fullest.
On Saturday, the moon will be 221,802 miles (356,955 kilometers) from Earth and should appear up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than the typical full moon, according to NASA. The average Earth-moon distance is about 230,000 miles (384,400 km)."
According to U.S. clocks, the full moon falls on May 5, 2012 at precisely at 11:35 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
Read more here...
And get those cameras and tripods up and ready at moonrise!!!
Moonrise will be between 7:45 and 7:52 depending where you are in the Maryland area. Sunset is around 8:02, again, depending where you are.
Hopefully the weather will cooperate!! Have fun!!!