On Saturday (May 5) at 11:35 p.m. EDT, the moon will officially turn full. And only 25 minutes later the moon will also arrive at perigee, its closest approach to Earth — a distance of 221,802 miles (356,955 kilometers) away.
The effect of this coincidence is a stunning skywatching sight called the “supermoon.”
In fact, this month’s perigee is the closest of any perigee in 2012 (they vary by about 3 percent, because the moon’s orbit is not perfectly circular). The result will be a 16 percent brighter-than-average full moon accompanied by unusually high and low tides this weekend and into the new week.
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Nothing to worry about except there’s that little accident that happened in Japan a while back.
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An accident that it about 100+ times more radialogically damaging than they are letting on.
The alternative theory is that that something like HAARP or China’s arrays were the ones that initiated the entire event, same proof that happened in Indonesia some time ago.
Anyway, Thanks, Tim for the heads up.
Will mow and set up the hammock for moon worshipping, the glorious reflection of the sun’s light.We went to W. Kansas, camped out at the farm, to see the meteors lyrids. It was indeed quite a show! But boy oh boy, the deer, the elk, the bobcats and the owls sure did help in keeping us awake thru the night and fearful of all the ticks.
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What there still a problem I don’t see anything on the GE news service.
Wish I had the money to move South America because it looks like we on the left coast are F*&^%(
Off to pick up a friend
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Cloudy here. I didn’t get to see it.
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