Perigee Moon January 30, 2010
..from itwire
“A “perigee Moon”. Earth’s only natural satellite-the Moon-will put on a dramatic up-in-the sky show Friday night.
Catch the lunar excitement, and it’s free to all observers! Just look up into the night sky!
A perigee Moon simply means that the orbit of the Moon around the Earth is in the shape of an ellipse (kinda like a slightly smashed circle), with one end (its perigee) being shorter in distance than the other end (its apogee).
So, the perigee Moon is at its closest point from the Earth, and it will appear bigger and brighter to us observers here on Earth.
In fact, the full Moon, the first one in 2010, that occurs on Friday night will be about 14% wider and approximately 30% brighter than any other full Moon seen in 2010.”
http://www.itwire.com/science-news/space/36374-waatkins
January 29, 2010
Tags: brightest moon 2010, full moon leo, perigee moon Posted in: General
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