Earth set for full moon close-up

BBC News ^ | 12/12/08 | BBC

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

I thought it appeared larger than usual this morning when I saw it on my way to work. Now I know why.

I was walking the dog and made the same observation.

[uncbob]

Just went and looked-— COOL

[SouthDixie]

Thank you for the ping ma’am...still daylight here but I will keep an eye open tonight.

[fanfan]

You are very welcome.

It’s spectacular, and real.

;-)

[fanfan]

Ping.

[HungarianGypsy]

Last night my 14 year old said, “I like moon light better than city lights.”

[Political Junkie Too]

In a related story, The Web Bot foresees a West Coast/Vancouver area large-scale earthquake around December 12, 2008 due to the closeness of the full moon.

-PJ

[SouthDixie]

I remember back in the days of living in British Columbia...we would drive without headlights on a moonlit night and did quite well.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks fanfan.

[fieldmarshaldj]

[rabscuttle385]

A full moon is set to occur closer to the Earth on Friday evening than it has done for the past 15 years.

I wonder what impact this unnatural full moon will have on trolls.

[NewRomeTacitus]

Now now, while Cartman rules we must rise above and appreciate the unique events that we’ll never see again in our limited time. I enjoyed getting out the binoculars to see the two planets over our moon. It’s speculated that their actual alignment circa 3 B.C. was the basis of the “Christmas Star”.

As far as the moonlight having an effect on “lunatics”, I started sleeping with a lamp on long ago. It keeps the lycanthropy at bay. Awoooooo!

[fieldmarshaldj]

My father had to roust me out of bed tonight to see it since I was snoozing. I said, “Yup, that’s the moon.” It seems to me I had seen it much larger than that at one time, but I can’t recall when.