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dhol82

(9,353 posts) Sun Dec 31, 2017, 05:22 PM Dec 2017

Super Moon

Just spotted it on my eastern horizon. It’s pale (not dark yet) but visible.
Soooooo 😎 cool.

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Super Moon (Original Post) dhol82 Dec 2017 OP

Glad you caught it. Cloudy here, elleng Dec 2017 #1

Totally clear here (New York area) dhol82 Dec 2017 #2

I live for solar eclipses. roamer65 Dec 2017 #3

Neat! dhol82 Dec 2017 #6

There's still over a day before the full moon muriel_volestrangler Dec 2017 #4

Sure looked round to me! dhol82 Dec 2017 #5

Well, there you go - you can't notice that it's narrower than its height muriel_volestrangler Dec 2017 #7

Nope. dhol82 Dec 2017 #8

No, that's the point - the "super moon" night is tomorrow night muriel_volestrangler Dec 2017 #10

Ok, super cool. What do you want me to say? dhol82 Dec 2017 #11

You must have a very sad life. dhol82 Dec 2017 #13

I saw it while driving back from Seattle this afternoon. Aristus Dec 2017 #9

Awesome! dhol82 Dec 2017 #12

elleng

(131,018 posts)

1. Glad you caught it. Cloudy here,

Reply to dhol82 (Original post)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 06:25 PM

Dec 2017

but clearing later.

Moon SETS at 5:27 A.M!

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

2. Totally clear here (New York area)

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 06:32 PM

Dec 2017

Have to say it looked a lot bigger when it was at the horizon.
Still cool!

roamer65

(36,745 posts)

3. I live for solar eclipses.

Reply to dhol82 (Original post)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 06:34 PM

Dec 2017

The 2020’s are chocked full of them.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_21st_century

2021, 2023, 2024, 2026, 2028 and 2029 definitely will witness them in North America.

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

6. Neat!

Reply to roamer65 (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 08:40 PM

Dec 2017

muriel_volestrangler

(101,336 posts)

4. There's still over a day before the full moon

Reply to dhol82 (Original post)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 06:56 PM

Dec 2017

Be honest - can you really judge the maximum width of the not-yet-round moon in the sky so well that you can tell the difference between it now and 7 days ago?

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

5. Sure looked round to me!

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 08:39 PM

Dec 2017

muriel_volestrangler

(101,336 posts)

7. Well, there you go - you can't notice that it's narrower than its height

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #5)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 09:02 PM

Dec 2017

Could you really notice the difference in the height compared to 7 days ago - or a full moon from 3 months ago?

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

8. Nope.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #7)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 09:09 PM

Dec 2017

I’m lucky I remembered this was the super moon night.
However, it was real pretty after the light went down.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,336 posts)

10. No, that's the point - the "super moon" night is tomorrow night

Reply to dhol82 (Reply #8)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 09:26 PM

Dec 2017

The moon will be at its closest to Earth at Jan 1st, 9:56pm GMT (4:56pm EST); it will be full at Jan 2nd 2:24am (Jan 1st 0:24pm EST).

https://astronomynow.com/2017/12/31/see-2018s-largest-supermoon-on-2-january/

It's still over 24 hours away.

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

11. Ok, super cool. What do you want me to say?

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #10)

Sun Dec 31, 2017, 09:39 PM

Dec 2017

Ya know, it was a really nice thing that I saw.
Thank you for destroying all the niceness.
Hope you are happy.
I could say fuck you, but I would not want to be unkind.