Posted on 11/13/2016 10:13:49 AM PST by EveningStar
The full moon of November 14, 2016 is not only the biggest, closest and brightest supermoon of this year. It’s the closest supermoon since January 26, 1948. Should you watch for this full moon on the night of November 14? Sure, and, if you do, it’ll be beautiful. But, for us in the Americas the moon is closer to full on the night of November 13.
The moon turns precisely full on November 14, 2016 at 13:52 UTC. This full moon instant will happen in the morning hours before sunrise November 14 in western North America and on many Pacific islands, east of the International Date Line...
The moon won’t come this close to Earth again until November 25, 2034...
Want the exact time of full moon for North American time zones? Okay, so the moon will reach the crest of its full phase on November 14 at 13:52 UTC. That translates to 9:52 a.m. AST, 8:52 a.m. EST, 7:52 a.m. CST, 6:52 a.m. MST, 5:52 a.m. PST...
(Excerpt) Read more at earthsky.org ...
Lol, they’d fire me the first week...
For actually teaching a subject...
On May 14, 1948, on the day in which the British Mandate over a Palestine expired, the Jewish People's Council gathered at the Tel Aviv Museum, and approved the following proclamation, declaring the establishment of the State of Israel. The new state was recognized that night by the United States and three days later by the USSR.
The supermoon preceded this by about 3 months.
The Jan 26, 1948 supermoon more accurately occurred 15 Shevat, 5708 - the Jewish observance day of Tu B'Shvat.
The moon alludes to the Jewish people. A full moon is the greatest expression.
Same here, that time, last night. There were Moon-shadows, and things were all sparkly with frost.
(I’m old - I got up to use the bathroom at 3am, LOL!)
Moon rises here at 4:28 pm this afternoon. Now that fields are harvested and leaves have fallen off of some of the Oak trees, I’ll have a spectacular view; I’ll try to take some pictures.
We live on the BEST planet, by far. ;)
Interesting. Yeah, I was going off the 29 November 1947 date.
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