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The first "super moon" of the summer occurs on Saturday, July 12.
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Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Hope this has not been posted. The summer of 2014 will be bathed in moonlight as three perigee "super moons" occur in consecutive months: July, August, September. The first "super moon" of the summer occurs on Saturday, July 12. Watch NASA's latest ScienceCast, "A Summer of Super Moons," to learn more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1KKpeW231Y |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
Just checked the Weatherzone and it's a full moon to night so should look great coming up over the ocean from my veranda thanks Lyn |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Just checked the Weatherzone and it's a full moon to night so should look great coming up over the ocean from my veranda thanks Lyn Welcome Glenn :) I have to wait until tomorrow night, weather permitting. |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
Well it was every bright and s little bigger I missed it coming up as that would have been the time to see it on the horizon it looks even bigger at that time . Lyn do you know when the 3 so called Blood Red moons occur that I have herd is going to happen 3 of them in a row witch is spose to be very rear. It's spose to happen over the next 9 months the born again nutters are going on about it and the so called end of times blah , blah , blah |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Dates for the other blood moons (US dates) Glenn. ;-) 2014: Total lunar eclipse: October 7-8 2015: Total lunar eclipse: April 4 Total lunar eclipse: September 28 Cheers. |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
thanks Wiggo i'll keep my eyes open for them last time it was more orange than red back in 1999 the last time I remember seeing it |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34744 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I couldn't see the last 1 back in April due to the cloud cover, but there always seems to be cloud cover when these things happen here. Cheers. |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Thanks Wiggo, for all the updates :) No moon for me tonight. Rain and Clouds. |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
The abvantages of living on the south coast warm sunny you need to move mate somewhere warm and sunny . The GONG is great you'll love it the beaches . bird watching in summer is wonder full here . Can't wait to start walking the local dogs on the beach .. My cover story hehehehehehe |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
You never know Lyn mite just clear up long enough to get a gander at it |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
You never know Lyn mite just clear up long enough to get a gander at it We shall see? Must be nice to live in Australia :) |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
It did seem to loom a little larger here in Kentucky. I've read somewhere that we're slowly losing our moon, and that it used to be much closer. I wonder what a full moon looked like to the dinosaurs? The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11361 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
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Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
Gordon the moon is moving away from use at about 1 inch a year at the time of the Dino's it took up 1/3rd of the night sky I believe it was huge |
anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
Gordon the moon is moving away from use at about 1 inch a year at the time of the Dino's it took up 1/3rd of the night sky I believe it was huge And their days were a bit shorter too I think... or were they longer? Hmm... an example of posting with only half a fact I think... I am going to choose longer... for now :) |
Batter Up Send message Joined: 5 May 99 Posts: 1946 Credit: 24,860,347 RAC: 0 |
I thought the moon looked brighter than usual. A bit bigger too when it was coming up between trees. Now I know why. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20258 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Gordon the moon is moving away from use at about 1 inch a year at the time of the Dino's it took up 1/3rd of the night sky I believe it was huge The moon's gravity drags on the tides and the earth rotates faster (24 and a bit hours) than the moon traverses it's orbit (about 28 days). Hence, the earth rotation is dragging the moon to go faster by the gravitational tidal leash. In our universe as far as we know so far, energy is conserved... So... As the earth drags the moon around more quickly, the moon is equally dragging on our earth to slow down the rotation. And with the moon gaining energy from the earth for its orbit, the moon climbs up a little further up the gravitational well from the earth. In short: Earth slows down making the days longer. Moon gains orbital energy to move further away (and so counter-intuitively orbit 'yet more slowly'...). Keep searchin', Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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anniet Send message Joined: 2 Feb 14 Posts: 7105 Credit: 1,577,368 RAC: 75 |
Didn't see anything, it was fully clouded on Saturday night:( Yep - me too :( stuck a balloon on the window but it wasn't the same somehow... *sigh* oh... and thanks for the moon info Martin :) helped fill some gaps in my brain :) |
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