"The first of a trio of supermoons will hang large in the sky Saturday night. The moon will actually reach its fullest point Saturday at 1:35 p.m. CDT -- not prime viewing time. But it still will appear full Saturday night."
Posted on 08/29/2015 6:53:41 AM PDT by virgil283
"You've heard of the supermoon before, and we have three of them this year. The first occurs Saturday, August 29th.
A supermoon refers to a full or new moon when it's at its closet point (called the perigee) to Earth in its orbit. The moon can appear up to 30% larger than it's normal size from Earth.
The full moon occurs at 11:35 a.m. MST on Saturday, so the moon technically won't be 100% full when it rises in the east at 6:54 p.m., but we won't be able to tell.
(Excerpt) Read more at tucsonnewsnow.com ...
"The first of a trio of supermoons will hang large in the sky Saturday night. The moon will actually reach its fullest point Saturday at 1:35 p.m. CDT -- not prime viewing time. But it still will appear full Saturday night."
Big and bright last night here in Reno.
The side bar links in that paper have some wild news stories.
I have the strange urge to scratch myself behind the ear.
For some reason they are blocked on my device.....Hope they aren't too racy for you...HA...
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Same here in Houston. I caught a glimpse of it through the trees last night and it was beautiful!
So when is the third? And why not say in the article?
September 28 and October 27 are the other two.
No, I meant some incredible news stories. French couple dying out in the desert, deputy’s murder and such.
They were calling it a “Sturgen Moon” here, very strange color.
Any amateur radio guys that want to setup a sched to try some moon bounce tonight on 2m?
What color is the moon there? Here in Houston it was kind of a pale whitish gray with darker gray spots. Maybe that was due to the hazy sky’s we had yesterday.
It was a yellow /pinkish color, very pretty.
The moon was big but not a very pretty color last night. Will look again tonight.
Here are some pictures of the Sturgeon Moon, https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=AwrBT8bJF.JVf_sAVLlXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByMDgyYjJiBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMyBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw—?p=Sturgeon+Moon&fr=mcafee
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